Comment - The defeat in Chicago was a stain on New Zealand's soul and they were right to sock it to Ireland

It is time to stop belly-aching about the All Blacks. They were terrific in Dublin: feisty, fierce, proud and unrelenting. Champion stuff. We have all genuflected before their free-flowing, intricate, intelligent rugby, acclaimed the sense of possibility that imbues their every action. They have skills beyond the norm. They are athletic and dextrous.