Caolán Scully
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And it's like, oh my goodness, what has Tony Brown unlocked?
He can do the exact same thing at New Zealand as well.
I'm sure of it.
I think the perception in New Zealand, though, is quite a mixed one.
I think there was an awful lot of confidence from Irish fans going into Chicago, which obviously ended up putting an awful lot of egg on Irish faces.
And I think that kind of fear factor has probably kicked in again, because now it's, as you said, it's three losses on the bounce.
Yes, the World Cup game could have gone either way, but the other two games were firmly New Zealand's, you know, like very firmly they were New Zealand's there and true.
And I think it will be interesting to see in a couple of weeks time how that perception changes, whether Irish fans start to look at them and go, oh, new coach, maybe not a new bounce.
Let's see.
I'm a fan of Dave Rennie.
I have been since he was in the Northern Hemisphere.
I think he's a very good coach.
I think Mike Blair in particular is a very highly regarded coach.
I think he could do very, very well there.
Jason Ryan as well.
But although New Zealand may not be the team we feared of, say, 2015, granted, that was an unbelievable team.
It would give anyone nightmares.
They're still a force to be reckoned with, ultimately.
And I think that is probably one thing that you'll see out of Ireland is,
there won't be too many people back in Ireland to win this one, I don't think.