DUBLIN: When Ireland beat New Zealand for the second time in three meetings last November, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen labelled the then Six Nations champions World Cup favourites.Few are tipping Ireland to go all the way in Japan now after a limp Six Nations defence, some misfiring performances from key players and the recent record defeat to England - albeit with the rather large caveat that it was just a warm up game.
Captain Rory Best's assessment before that performance that his side knew they were never as good as some said they were, nor as bad as others recently proclaimed, seems a fair one. The 2018 Grand Slam winners went back to what they know best on Saturday , using powerful one-off runners and dominance at the breakdown to strangle their opponents into submission.
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