Hooker Codie Taylor is eager to make amends for the All Blacks' loss to Ireland in Chicago in 2016 this weekend.
Ireland legend Brian O'Driscoll did not mince his words about his nation's abysmal Rugby World Cup record.
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has named his squad for the Autumn Nations Series, with captain Caelan Doris returning from injury and several Lions stars included, as Ireland prepare to face New Zealand, Japan, Australia, and lastly the Springboks.
Bulls coach Johan Ackermann has wrung the changes ahead of Friday evening's United Rugby Championship fixture against Connacht in Galway, Ireland.
Several of the world's biggest rugby unions have banded together to pour cold water on the formation of the proposed R360 league.
France's Axelle Berthoumieu has been ruled out for the rest of the Women's Rugby World Cup after receiving a 12-week suspension for biting Ireland's Aoife Wafer in their quarter-final clash.