Overview
- Kick-off is 8:10pm UK/Irish time (3:10pm CT) at Soldier Field, with live coverage on TNT Sports/discovery+, Virgin Media One in Ireland, and Peacock in the United States.
- Jack Crowley starts at fly-half for Ireland with Dan Sheehan captaining and Caelan Doris on the bench, while Beauden Barrett wears 10 for New Zealand.
- The fixture begins New Zealand’s Grand Slam tour and serves as Ireland’s first match of their autumn campaign.
- New Zealand have won the last two meetings, including the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final, though the rivalry has been close since Ireland’s breakthrough win in 2016.
- More than 60,000 tickets have been sold, with expectations of a largely Irish crowd following fan pushback to a New Zealand Herald post crediting the All Blacks with the sellout.