Mick Cleary: Always beware the All Blacks but forget the haka 

Take one thing to the bank, the haka will have no impact whatsoever on Frday night's outcome

NO IMPACT: Ireland players, including Jonathan Sexton, centre, watch New Zealand players perform the Haka before the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

1. Beware the All Blacks

No, it’s not because of their aura (whatever that is), or the haka or anything frivolous like that. Ireland should be wary of New Zealand for the simple reason that they didn’t play well at Twickenham yet still came away with a win which is more than Andy Farrell’s team did on their last visit to what we are now supposed to call the Allianz Stadium (one of eight like-branded venues in the world).