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Form clashes with pedigree when Ireland look to bury their World Cup jinx forever against New Zealand at the Stade de France on Saturday in one of the most eagerly anticipated World Cup quarterfinals for many years.
PARIS: Form clashes with pedigree when Ireland look to bury their World Cup jinx forever against New Zealand at the Stade de France on Saturday in one of the most eagerly anticipated World Cup quarter-finals for many years.
Six Nations champions Ireland have already beaten defending champions South Africa in the pool stage and are riding a 17-match winning streak but know all that will count for nothing if they cannot get past the All Blacks.
No Ireland team has ever won a knockout match at the World Cup and ending that lamentable record to set up a semi-final against Wales or Argentina is the only thing Andy Farrell’s team are interested in this week.
“Ireland hasn’t been past these sort of stages so that’s obviously a big motivation,” said number eight Caelan Doris.
“We said at the start of the competition, we want to go the whole way. We think we have the squad to do it.”
Perennial title contenders New Zealand, by contrast, have only once failed to get as far
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