{"id":528021,"date":"2026-07-15T22:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/528021\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:49:15","slug":"all-blacks-v-ireland-three-kiwis-named-in-irish-squad-for-eden-park-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/528021\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks v Ireland: Three Kiwis named in Irish squad for Eden Park clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">Dunedin-born Jansen has forced his way into the matchday squad on the back of his big carrying, try-scoring, man-of-the-match debut against Japan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/sean-jansen-aiming-to-become-latest-kiwi-to-represent-ireland-after-finding-home-at-connacht\/4QAOWHQYPZH3JND46Q54WLTYIM\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/sean-jansen-aiming-to-become-latest-kiwi-to-represent-ireland-after-finding-home-at-connacht\/4QAOWHQYPZH3JND46Q54WLTYIM\/\">Speaking to the Herald earlier this year<\/a>, Jansen said it would \u201cbe a dream to play the All Blacks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Sean Jansen was man-of-the-match in his test debut against Japan. Photo \/ Photosport\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Sean Jansen was man-of-the-match in his test debut against Japan. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">The All Blacks will be defending an incredible 32-year, 52-test unbeaten streak at their Auckland fortress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/all-blacks\/all-blacks-v-springboks-philippe-saint-andre-recalls-frances-1994-win-over-all-blacks-at-eden-park\/RY2H64KKZBHAZOTXFZ4HAZN2CU\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/all-blacks\/all-blacks-v-springboks-philippe-saint-andre-recalls-frances-1994-win-over-all-blacks-at-eden-park\/RY2H64KKZBHAZOTXFZ4HAZN2CU\/\">last losing there in 1994<\/a> to France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">Ireland last played at Eden Park in 2022, when they lost 42-19, but bounced back to win in Dunedin and Wellington and clinch a historic 2-1 test series victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">The All Blacks name their team at 4pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">Ireland: 1. Tom O\u2019Toole, 2. Dan Sheehan (captain), 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Joe McCarthy,, 5. James Ryan, 6. Tadhg Beirne, 7. Josh van der Flier, 8. Jack Conan, 9. Jamison Gibson-Park, 10. Sam Prendergast, 11. Jimmy O\u2019Brien, 12. Stuart McCloskey, 13. Garry Ringrose, 14. Rob Baloucoune, 15. Hugo Keenan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">Reserves: 16. Ronan Kelleher, 17. Jeremy Loughman, 18. Thomas Clarkson, 19. Nick Timoney, 20. Sean Jansen, 21. Craig Casey, 22. Ciaran Frawley, 23. Bundee Aki.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">Listen to live commentary of All Blacks v Ireland on Newstalk ZB Sport and iHeartRadio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/ben-francis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/ben-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Francis<\/a> is an Auckland-based reporter for the New Zealand Herald who covers breaking sports news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dunedin-born Jansen has forced his way into the matchday squad on the back of his big carrying, try-scoring,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5263,8136,3019,5232,8142,1872,337,2082,305,1861,78,8019,18792,807,13457,10136,111,139,69,8143,17216,1534,213,1557,8229,1529,5977,24750],"class_list":["post-528021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-all","tag-blacks","tag-clash","tag-create","tag-eden","tag-face","tag-features","tag-for","tag-have","tag-history","tag-in","tag-ireland","tag-irish","tag-kiwis","tag-look","tag-named","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-park","tag-powerful","tag-saturday","tag-sports","tag-squad","tag-they","tag-three","tag-which","tag-zealanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}