LIVE: Ireland face All Blacks in rematch of World Cup epic

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All Blacks vs Ireland

Ireland will be hungry for revenge as they welcome the All Blacks to the Avaia Stadium in Dublin.

It's the first time the two sides will face off since their World Cup quarter-final epic, taken out by the Kiwis in thrilling fashion.

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Scott Robertson's side is fresh off a heart-stopping win over England and have called Damian McKenzie into the starting side.

As for Ireland, they need a win to cement their spot on top of the World Rugby Rankings.

Number eight Caelan Doris takes over the captaincy for the hosts.

FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION FROM 7:10 AM IN THE LIVE BLOG BELOW OR THE MATCH CENTRE

PRE MATCH: Interesting scenes as the New Zealand anthem is cut halfway through at the end of the Maori version, followed by a rousing haka from Ireland's favourite All Black Rieko Ioane met with a wall of noise from the Irish fans and a march forward from the Ireland squad

WELCOME: Kia Oa, Fáilte and welcome to Rugby.com.au's Saturday morning blog of the Ireland-All Blacks match. It's a wet one in Dublin as both teams walk out for the anthem, settle in with your morning coffee/breakfast as two of the best teams in the world battle it out in Dublin

IRELAND v ALL BLACKS TEAMS

Ireland (15-1): Hugo Keenan; Mack Hansen, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, James Lowe; Jack Crowley, Jamison Gibson-Park; Caelan Doris (capt), Josh van der Flier, Tadhg Beirne; James Ryan, Joe McCarthy; Finlay Bealham, Ronan Kelleher, Andrew Porter

Replacements: Rob Herring, Cian Healy, Tom O'Toole, Iain Henderson, Peter O'Mahony, Conor Murray, Ciaran Frawley, Jamie Osborne

New Zealand (15-1): Will Jordan; Mark Tele'a, Rieko Ioane, Jordie Barrett, Caleb Clarke; Damian McKenzie; Cortez Ratima; Ardie Savea, Sam Cane, Wallace Sititi; Tupou Vaa'i, Scott Barrett (capt); Tyrel Lomax, Asafo Aumua, Tamaiti Williams

Replacements: George Bell, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Pasilio Tosi, Patrick Tuipulotu, Samipeni Finau, Cam Roigard,  Anton Lienert-Brown, Stephen Perofeta

Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (England), Andrea Piardi (Italy)

TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

HOW TO WATCH IRELAND v ALL BLACKS

Ireland's clash with the All Blacks will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport.

Coverage will be live and ad-free on Stan Sport, slated to start at 6:00 am with kickoff expected just after 7:05 am

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