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СпутникиРНSpaceXРоскосмосNASAIreland travel to Eden Park in Auckland for round three of the Nations Championship to face the All Blacks in a crucial Nations Championship clash
15:42, 17 Jul 2026Updated 15:55, 17 Jul 2026
Dan Sheehan leads an Ireland team that has all 36 players on tour available for selection, though the squad travelled with the injured Caelan Doris and Andrew Porter.
Andy Farrell has named 11 Leinster players in the starting XV, largely reverting to the team chosen for Australia but which ultimately took to the pitch without Robert Baloucoune.
The Ulster winger returns, while his late replacement in Sydney, Jimmy O'Brien, is retained but moved to the left wing, with Jamie Osborne the player to make way.
Tadhg Beirne, who was carrying an injury and began the opening match on the bench, comes into the starting line-up here, with Cian Prendergast omitted entirely. Sean Jansen has been included amongst the back-row replacements.
Strike winger Josh Moorby earns his first All Blacks Test start on the left wing, with Will Jordan - 50 tries in 56 Tests - positioned on the right, reports the Irish Mirror.
Ruben Love starts at fly-half, Quinn Tupaea returns at centre, while Ardie Savea captains the team from number eight.
Who: New Zealand vs Ireland.
What: Nations Championship, round three of six.
Where: Eden Park, Auckland.
When: Saturday, July 18th.
Kick-off: 8.10am Irish time.
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia) TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales).
Table positions: New Zealand are second having posted two wins (France and Italy) in the SH conference; Ireland lead the NH conference having also posted two wins (Australia and Japan).
* Ireland first played the All Blacks in 1905 - and lost 0-15. * A total of 39 test matches have been played between the sides, with New Zealand securing 33 victories, Ireland claiming five wins, and one fixture ending in a draw.
* The All Blacks' largest victory came in 2012, when they triumphed 60-0.
* Ireland's five victories have all occurred between 2016 and 2022.
* Ireland's maiden triumph ended an 11-year wait, with a 40-29 victory at Soldier Field, Chicago, in November 2016.
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell: "I feel we're the fortunate ones. We're the lucky ones in in the sense that we get the opportunity to go to Eden Park. We had that fortune in 2022, the first game up, and obviously we couldn't get that over the line so we're pretty lucky to be back there and have another shot."
All Blacks coach (and former Glasgow Warriors boss 2017-20) Dave Rennie: "There's a healthy amount of respect for the Irish. We're well aware of their ability and they'll come in and genuinely believe they can beat us," Rennie told media in the build-up to the game. They're very well coached and so they'll be well prepared.
They're very skilful, their forwards have got a really good short passing game. They'll ask lots of questions of us there and at set-piece.
Defensively, their ability to fill the field [is strong]. They are a good side and you have got to be patient in an effort to break them down.
Ireland captain Dan Sheehan said: We've had a great few weeks, obviously performances probably haven't been where we want them but it's a brilliant opportunity now to bring it all together for a big game tomorrow. We saw improvements in all sorts of areas in all the campaigns we've had this year.
We probably had a slow start in all of those campaigns and built nicely through them, so hopefully we get the best we've seen this year tomorrow.
"New Zealand are playing some good rugby and are flying high, and then in this stadium we need our best tomorrow. Everyone's been excited, it's been in the calendar for a while, so yeah, it's a great occasion, a great opportunity for us to finish the season off on a high."
New Zealand-born Ireland scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park commented: "Not just any team gets to run out on Eden Park. They have the streak for a reason, it's a very tough place to win so we'll have our work cut out for us. They're playing some good footy, fairly expansive and they're pretty happy to have a crack from deep.
"But we're under no illusions as to how tough it's going to be. We obviously had a crack at it in '22 and we got shown up pretty well that day. So it's pretty cool to get another crack at it."
Betting odds: New Zealand 2/9 Draw 22/1 Ireland 7/2.
Handicap: New Zealand minus-11 at 10/11 Popular Bets: Both teams to score 20+ points and NZ to win 11/8; Dan Sheehan to score 1st try 12/1, to score anytime try 13/8; Tadhg Furlong to score 1st try 80/1, Tom O'Toole to score 1st try also 80/1.
What TV channel is it on?
Virgin Media, ITV 1, ITV X, Sky Sports NZ.
New Zealand: Damian McKenzie; Will Jordan, Quinn Tupaea, Jordie Barrett, Josh Moorby; Ruben Love, Cam Roigard; Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Tyrel Lomax; Josh Lord, Patrick Tuipulotu; Tupou Vaa'i, Luke Jacobson, Ardie Savea (capt).
Replacements: Asafo Aumua, Xavier Numia, Fletcher Newell, Anton Segner, Peter Lakai, Cortez Ratima, Anton Lienert-Brown, Caleb Clarke.
Ireland: Hugo Keenan; Rob Baloucoune, Garry Ringrose, Stuart McCloskey, Jimmy O'Brien; Sam Prendergast, Jamison Gibson-Park; Tom O'Toole, Dan Sheehan (capt), Tadhg Furlong; Joe McCarthy, James Ryan; Tadhg Beirne, Josh van der Flier, Jack Conan.
Replacements: Rónan Kelleher, Jeremy Loughman, Thomas Clarkson, Nick Timoney, Sean Jansen, Craig Casey, Ciarán Frawley, Bundee Aki.