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Okay, so what really happened? In the 13th minute, New Zealand captain Scott Barrett flared up against Ireland’s Joe McCarthy. Barret’s post-match press conference has been very well covered in these pages by Denis Walsh. But briefly, here’s what Barrett…

There was a broad smile across the face of Tadhg Beirne last Sunday. Sitting in the media room at the Irish team base in Portugal, the Irish secondrow glanced at someone off camera and the smile widened. You could speculate…