Caolán Scully

And I genuinely, from my own vantage point, look at New Zealand now, and I think even in their state of flux, I think they're still questionably, or arguably, the second best team in the world.

And I think that's something to be, maybe not proud of.

New Zealand should, you know, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, France, if you're not first, you're not in it.

You know, like you have to be aiming for those standards.

New Zealand,

you know, often have done it.

I think Ireland, once you hit that mountain, once you start reaching and start saying you're the best team in the world, you can't stop.

You cannot, you know, you can't stop.

And I wrote about this recently.

And I think that's the one thing that New Zealand, it's almost their mental strength in some capacity.

Like it's a super strength for them that they will go into this window.

They will have so much belief.

They'll probably pick up three wins out of three in the summer.

And then we're talking about how rejuvenated they are and how they're going to bounce into a World Cup that's only,

you know, across the water from them and how it's this, that and the other.

And as someone who doesn't watch a lot of Super Rugby and some of that is just TV times and work and what have you, I still think there's enough depth in that New Zealand team that although for me, South Africa are the best team, the best roundout, the best depth nation in World Rugby at the moment, there is so much in that New Zealand team that I think there's no reason for Ireland to

right now, take any real confidence to blame them away from home.

Take the Eden Park factor out of it.

I have no reason for Ireland to be confident taking on New Zealand.

And this is an Irish team who've come second in the last two Six Nations title championships.