All Blacks v Ireland: LIVE BLOG, follow our coverage from Eden Park
All Blacks fly-half Ruben Love in action against Ireland at Eden Park.
Here we go; it’s the All Blacks versus Ireland in the Nations Championship, with the two nations colliding at the Fortress that is Eden Park.
The fixture will be Dave Rennie’s first at the iconic ground since taking over as head coach of the team from Scott Robertson. As for Ireland, they will be looking to make history tonight as they bid to become the first team since France in 1994 to beat the All Blacks at their Fortress.
All Blacks v Ireland live blog
New Zealand defend the longest unbeaten run in the history of international rugby, having won 50 and drawn two of their matches since losing to France 32 years ago.
Scroll down past the teamsheets to follow our live blog of the action.
New Zealand: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Quinn Tupaea, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Josh Moorby, 10 Ruben Love, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Ardie Savea (c), 7 Luke Jacobson, 6 Tupou Vaa’i, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu, 4 Josh Lord, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot
Replacements: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Xavier Numia, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Anton Segner, 20 Peter Lakai, 21 Cortez Ratima, 22 Anton Lienert-Brown, 23 Caleb Clarke
Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jimmy O’Brien, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (c), 1 Tom O’Toole
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Jeremy Loughman, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Nick Timoney, 20 Sean Jansen, 21 Craig Casey, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Bundee Aki
Broadcasters: ITV (United Kingdom), TF1 (France), Virgin Media Television (Republic of Ireland), Sky Italia (Italy), Wowow (Japan), Sky Sport (New Zealand), Nine Network / Stan Sport (Australia), SuperSport (South Africa)