When we were watching Warren Gatland and Rassie Erasmus slowly kill the sport of rugby this summer, who would have guessed Ireland would be the team to bring the defibrillator. Beating New Zealand is big news here but we were the headline story in the UK and French rugby media this week too, not because of the win, but the manner of it. The All Blacks lose the odd game because they get out muscled or out fought, but to get out skilled and out entertained is a new experience for them. Like a great movie, it was a game…

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