Ireland v New Zealand: All you need to know as All Blacks visit Dublin

Ireland are taking on New Zealand in their opening Autumn International in Dublin, BBC Sport takes a look at one of rugby's biggest rivalries.

The sides face off in Dublin under the Friday night lights on 8 November and you can follow it live across BBC Sport.For 28 matches over 111 years, it was as one-sided a rivalry as you could get, with the All Blacks winning 27 and there was one draw.

But the All Blacks have their fearsome reputation for a reason and they rampaged through Ireland in the World Cup quarter-finals in Japan in 2019. They hit back against the Pumas before losing both matches with eventual winners South Africa, but ended their campaign with two wins over Australia.Ireland are in relatively good shape ahead of their opening match of the autumn internationals.

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