Caleb Clarke, the All Blacks wing descended from Irish potato-farmers

The sides will face off at the Aviva Stadium on Friday evening.

HOMECOMING: Caleb Clarke at an All Blacks press conference at  the UCD Bowl. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

Caleb Clarke’s Irish potato-farming roots will not stop the All Blacks wing steeling himself for an expected Ireland onslaught when New Zealand visit Aviva Stadium on Friday night.

The two great rivals will reprise a rivalry that has grown exponentially since Ireland secured their first victory over the then-world champions in Chicago in 2016. This week’s sell-out Dublin clash will be the first by a side coached by Scott “Razor” Robertson since assuming the reins following the 2023 World Cup, when Ian Foster’s side edged out the Irish in a breathtaking quarter-final in Paris.