Ireland meet New Zealand on Friday at Lansdowne Road in a rematch of last year's epic Rugby World Cup quarter-final which dashed Irish dreams of lifting the trophy.
FILE - New Zealand's lock Brodie Retallick jumps for the ball during their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Ireland at Stade de France in Saint-Denis. Photo: Franck Fife/AFPquarter-final which dashed Irish dreams of lifting the trophy.
The 49-year-old Englishman swatted away suggestions a red mist would descend over his players eyes as they sought revenge."It's different," said Farrell."That's so much in the distant past for us now." The No8 — considerably younger than the previous three captains Rory Best, Johnny Sexton and Peter O'Mahony — has already skippered Ireland with wins over Italy and South Africa.
"As you get more comfortable in the role you can do things a little bit more in your own way and find your own way a little bit."Teams look to fly-halves to pull the strings, to be the puppet masters but both No 10s go into the match with question marks hanging over them.
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