According to information from New Zealand media PostIreland and the All Blacks are scheduled to face each other in 2025 at Soldier Field Stadium in Chicago, the venue for the Club XV's first win over the Kiwis.
According to the article, the meeting should take place in late October or early November 2025 Post.
Ireland defeated the All Blacks 40-29 at a sold-out Soldier Field in 2016. In 111 years of conflict, not a single victory had been won between the blacks and the greens.
Since that event, Ireland have added four more wins against New Zealand in eight matches. In 2019 and 2023, they lost this encounter twice in a row in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
Before this potential duel on United States soil, the two nations will cross swords in Dublin in November. The Irish autumn series begins with a welcome to the team led by Scott Robertson.
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If there is no change in the world rankings by then, we will be eligible for a battle between the 2nd ranksE (Ireland) and 3E (New Zealand) world nation.
Ireland closed part of the gap on the Springboks at the top of the table thanks to a win over the world champions in South Africa in early July (a series win). At the same time, the All Blacks won the series against England 2-0.
They then annihilated Fiji (47-5) at the Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, during the final Test in the United States.
The country will host the men's World Cup in 2031, followed by the women's edition two years later.
The All Blacks' serial scoring winger, Caleb Clark talked about the atmosphere created by the crowd after the match.
“We're having a blast in San Diego,” he said. “The audience was electric. At one point I yelled at Billy and Wallace [Sititi] I was about 10 meters away from them but they couldn't hear me.
This article was originally published in English on RugbyPass.com and was translated into French by Jeremy Fanner.
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