The All Blacks were out to avenge their famous loss to Ireland just a fortnight later as the two sides did battle in Dublin on Sunday morning.
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And avenge it they did – they prevented Ireland from scoring any tries and eventually ran out the winners with a scoreline of 21-9.
The Irish impressed once again with the quality of their performance, but just couldn’t break through a supremely strong New Zealand defence.
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