Ireland vs New Zealand Predictions & Tips - Ireland to get their revenge against All Blacks

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 06 Nov 2024

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Ralph Staniforth 06 Nov 2024

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Ireland's strong home form at Aviva.
New Zealand seeking redemption from their World Cup performance.
Key players: Hugo Keenan, Jack Crowley for Ireland; Will Jordan, Damian McKenzie for NZ.

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Ireland backed to get their revenge for World Cup defeat (Getty Images)

Ireland vs New Zealand Predictions

This is a massive clash between two of the top three sides the world. Ireland are fantastic at home and seldom lose at the Aviva. On the other hand, the All Blacks won the World Cup quarter-final against Ireland last year.

Ireland vs New Zealand Predictions
Head to Head
Ireland Form
Ireland Team News
New Zealand Form
New Zealand Team News

Last week New Zealand beat England but didn’t look all that good. If Ireland hit their straps, I can see them winning by more than a score. I’m backing the hosts to cover the -10 handicap.

Ireland have won 3 of their last 5 matches against New Zealand.
Ireland are the 2024 Six Nations winners.
Ireland have won their last 11 home matches.
New Zealand have won their last 4 matches.
New Zealand won their last match against Ireland.

Head to Head

Ireland have won five of their last nine Test matches against New Zealand, including a 2-1 series win in New Zealand in 2022. However, New Zealand won their last match 28-24 in the World Cup quarter-final last year.

Ireland Form

Ireland are ranked top of the World Rankings and will be looking to cement their place in the coming month. This Friday offers them a great opportunity to defeat the third-placed New Zealand.

Bigger things will, however, be on the Irish minds. During the 2023 Rugby World Cup, New Zealand, against all the odds, knocked Ireland out of the tournament in the quarter-final. It was a heated match and much has been said about it since, particularly the Irish.

That disappointment was quickly put away as Ireland retained their Six Nations crown. Their only defeat came against England.

In July, Ireland toured South Africa in a much anticipated tour. After losing the first Test comfortably, Ireland bounced back to win the second with a last-minute drop goal to square the series.

Ireland Team News

15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter

Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Tom O’Toole, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Peter O’Mahony, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Jamie Osborne

New Zealand Form

New Zealand have been a tad inconsistent this season, much like 2023, but they did manage to reach the final of the Rugby World Cup.

This year, New Zealand beat England 2-0 in a home series before seeing off Fiji with relative ease. Despite some very average performances, the All Blacks managed a second-place finish in the 2024 Rugby Championship.

A home defeat to Argentina and two losses in South Africa put plenty of pressure on the All Blacks heading to Europe. However, a comfortable win over Japan a fortnight ago was followed by a tight 24-22 victory over England at Twickenham last Saturday.

It was a game New Zealand were fortunate to win, but over the 80 minutes, they probably deserved it on the balance of play. Another poor final quarter almost cost them in the end. They will need to be much better to beat Ireland who are out for revenge.

New Zealand Team News

15 Will Jordan, 14 Mark Tele’a, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Cortez Ratima, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Sam Cane, 6 Wallace Sititi, 5 Tupou Vaa’i, 4 Scott Barrett (c), 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Asafo Aumua, 1 Tamaiti Williams

Replacements: 16 George Bell, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Pasilio Tosi, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Samipeni Finau, 21 Cam Roigard, 22 Anton Lienert-Brown, 23 Stephen Perofeta

Verdict

Ireland v New Zealand

Ireland very seldom loses at the Aviva Stadium and have a good recent record against the All Blacks. I'm backing the hosts to cover the -10 handicap in this one.

Ireland -10

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