{"id":468499,"date":"2026-05-26T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/468499\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:03:08","slug":"andy-balbirnie-warns-new-zealand-will-be-irelands-toughest-test-yet-as-stormont-showdown-looms-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/468499\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Balbirnie warns New Zealand will be Ireland\u2019s toughest Test yet as Stormont showdown looms &#8211; Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxQVmNmTUtna0NOeWNPRENYdVhiWTVhUlYzWUh5OUJ2MFFzS0FOblJEYWV0WWVIdjVrNmQyekVPVFdRRFlwbWd1bzFLS2JLcGU5blRkTWppelZWRUVrcE1QbjdBeWMtVW9VWlVtMjNLOWxScHlhRUtDQ3pCNUpSQ2JmWHdhbTRId0FBT1hKMGZVOVo3QnByVjRmYVZLUFRlaTY0RG1CNlpqcDlybnJqbUZHZVduVGE1WGZWbFJwcGtEanR2ckdzWnY1T3ptR0FnZzdMUXpINjBVUUxlY2RIMVhyVW9yNjVJZURfcWNyTWVMbmlHVTFXVzlZTw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Balbirnie warns New Zealand will be Ireland\u2019s toughest Test yet as Stormont showdown looms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE1WbUJUYkluTXRKWTF0Z2ZHVjFvRG1PYkdSVTdEQTlFaEtEYlRfdVRlRGExblZQc1ZiQVctcklVN0JFM0l4dm5xOThnVVg5U1pjRGNvWGtoVVBWVWZRY3dnUjk5QWRYUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland v New Zealand Test: Tourists focusing solely on Ireland before three-match England series<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxOUWZ4c1BRSVJBNGNac2xCb0NMNFJlSGdrdnp6SHdFemEyWGtpUV9mRTU1SkdtRVE1Y0ZERWV6SUFsLU1wOGdpRENYZEo3UjBTRENVV25UbTZmQkFvU2lHTE9ack16TVRZOFZFN2UycFRrOW8zdmJWbEJseGxrMlllNV9IRWxDbTQycDdqWkhtUjFBLWRDRnNrc0ZOYUVnamZ5bWJ0UFRMTmVvOTY2dFpHV3VuYThjQkZ3UEFyNFhR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland\u2019s first Test against New Zealand at Stormont is one for the romantics<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxQbGlvUjY5ZjAzZDk5NmlGdTJkX01Sai0ydlp3aVdXdTV3UmVLNThNYUZDMmd1MTRWS0FOTUpDYWVscElxbUZBY0d5LWVqRm9VOEQ2cTlNTTQ5NVQ3RVloS1piN0R1YUtEczZOX2ZZTHhuWmpYbXZyb0NkZkxzU1dnYlF6U3RyUkdkbXJtS0dtU3NRNmxYMERIOHN0SGlscFF6YmtEbGhrUnVRNDAxcGxCdUx0dkZKMDZUWDBvWmIzNGxnWXV0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland host rare home Test as New Zealand seek red-ball rhythm<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPNcricinfo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZkFVX3lxTFBuMklIdzFXUnJVdURpVi1OamtrdFJPbWNlMGRyNHpQMW9XdjloZnRDWWRISnJCU0lDcE12NTl4MVBfSnVQMm9PWHRwNGMzNjNBMFJncy1xT21SNUxtVUxzVU5lX19Wdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ireland Men name squad for New Zealand Test Match next week<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cricket Ireland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Balbirnie warns New Zealand will be Ireland\u2019s toughest Test yet as Stormont showdown looms&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish IndependentIreland v New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-468499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}