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Eddie O’Sullivan: I expect Ireland to win the group – but I’d rather play France than the All Blacks

Les Bleus know we have their number and they are more afraid of us than they are of South Africa

Anton Lienert-Brown of New Zealand celebrates with Rieko Ioane and Cam Roigard of New Zealand after scoring his team's 14th try during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between New Zealand and Italy at Parc Olympique in Lyon, France. Picture: Getty

Just three weeks into RWC 2023 and Ireland could not be better placed to go all the way. If Andy Farrell had gotten to write the script, he couldn’t have come up with a better story line.

Demolitions of Romania and Tonga. A special performance last weekend to defeat the Springboks and Ireland are living up to their billing as the best team in the world.

The burning question before the tournament began was: could ...