Now in opposing camps, Goodman keen on battle with mentor 'Razor'

Ireland’s new attack coach spent five seasons under Robertson at the Crusaders.

PLOTTING: Head coach Andy Farrell, left, and assistant coach Andrew Goodman during an Ireland Rugby squad training session at The Campus in Quinta da Lago. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

And so the tables turn. If Joe Schmidt was the man with the insider’s view when Ireland and New Zealand met in last autumn’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final then it’s Andrew Goodman who offers that particular angle as the teams go at it again in Dublin on Friday.

Schmidt was the talk of the town prior to that meeting in Stade de France last year, so much so that it felt like his influence as All Blacks assistant coach after such a hugely successful tenure with Ireland had been completely overblown.