Tadhg Furlong insists he has no preference as regards Ireland meeting New Zealand or South Africa for a place in the semi-finals.
Ireland assistant boss Andy Farrell admitted that either the All Blacks or the Springboks would be difficult to beat. "Well, tough opponents, that's for sure," he said. If it is the Springboks, Ireland will face a team that will know them inside out - Rassie Erasmus was Munster head coach while attack coach Felix Jones, who played and coached with Munster, was part of Joe Schmidt's backroom team for Ireland's 2017 summer tour.
"And I don’t think it will have a big part to play. We all do our analysis anyway and we tend to know each other pretty well." "But those two will be the first to say to you that when the forwards are on top and keeping us rolling forward then their game becomes that little bit easier.
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