Update: All Blacks killing Ireland's back row with kindness

Ardie Savea says Peter O'Mahony is a warrior - 'I don't know how he does it'

KIND WORDS: Ardie Savea during a New Zealand media conference in Paris. 

All Black Ardie Savea has paid a fulsome tribute to the “warrior” Peter O’Mahony ahead of Saturday's  World Cup quarter-final meeting with Ireland in Stade de France.

The New Zealanders have been nothing less than complimentary towards their opponents this week, the fact that individual names have been spilling from their lips testament to the heightened reputation enjoyed by the Six Nations champions nowadays.