Beirne: Ireland better now than side that started 17-game unbeaten run

The All Blacks had lost a three-match Test series on home soil. To Ireland. This couldn't happen. It just couldn't. 
Beirne: Ireland better now than side that started 17-game unbeaten run

EVER-IMPROVING: Tadhg Beirne. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Thu, 12 Oct, 2023 - 01:05
Brendan O'Brien, Paris

Change was inevitable when the final whistle sounded at Wellington’s Sky Stadium 15 months ago.

The All Blacks had lost a three-match Test series on home soil. To Ireland. This couldn't happen. It just couldn't. 

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