Ireland captain Rory Best unhappy with referee over TMO decision

Schmidt will be pushing for two wins in-a-row against a team they had not beaten in 111 years, but that “monkey” is off Ireland’s back now. It is unlikely that they will be able to put 40 points on the scoreboard again.

“But we’ve got to step it up again now, it’s another big challenge and we have to move on quickly because we know Australia will be an extremely tough match”.

“So when you look back, there is every chance that 18 successful matches would have sated the hunger from New Zealand and would have allowed them to be a little bit less aroused to execute things”. Ireland, on the other hand, will have slightly less pressure on them despite all the hype.

After Ireland’s first win over the All Blacks at the 29th attempt two weeks ago, Hansen is claiming that Schmidt’s side will go into the Aviva Stadium game as favourites although the bookies and Joe Schmidt don’t see it that way.

Simple it definitely wasn’t but New Zealand have proven that any talk of their demise was greatly exaggerated. In the backs Israel Dagg, Malakai Fekitoa, Anton Lienert-Brown come in while in the pack there’s a return for the vastly experienced second row pair of Samuel Whitelock and Brodie Retallick.

Hansen, who guided New Zealand to a successful defence of their World Cup title a year ago, said he didn’t want to be in charge of the first All Blacks side since 2009 to lose consecutive Tests to the same opposition – their predecessors losing to then-world champions South Africa.

Ireland will be hoping that history can repeat itself when they face New Zealand for the second time this autumn. “It’s really important that we recognize and understand that”.

Sam Cane was lucky to avoid any punishment when he caught Henshaw in the head with his shoulder, the centre taken off on a stretcher and replaced by Garry Ringrose.

“Without seeing the tapes, I can’t say that all the penalties are right or wrong but the ref said they were”, said Hansen.

Their dispute – Beauden Barrett’s try in the 13th minute, in which he cut straight through the Irish defence and into the end goal. He was exceptional in the flawless Rugby Championship triumph, but he was replaced in the closing stages a fortnight ago by Aaron Cruden. Great fly-halves such as Carter and Jonny Wilkinson as well as opposite man Jonny Sexton don’t have that pace, and can rely on their expert timing to unlock the defence.

Joe Schmidt professed to being proud of his Ireland players but frustrated too at not clinching a second successive win over the world champions.

Steve Hansen praise the character of his All Blacks side following their win against Ireland.

“But I wouldn’t suggest that Steve Hansen become a bookmaker!”

Secondly, they utilised the crossfield kicks to keep Ireland from packing in and squeezing out space.

They impressed New Zealand with their tenacity over the two-Test series.

On the other side of the ledger, Kiwi-born Irish coach Joe Schmidt was reportedly livid with numerous calls against his side, including two contentious tries.

“I certainly don’t believe that there was any disrespect from the All Blacks or arrogance in Chicago”.

This one was also questionable with a couple of passes in the build up looking as if they went forward.

People fully expect a “Blacklash” and that is the way that the All Blacks will be thinking.