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# early-morning-kick-off - Friday 8 June, 2012

First Test

Preview: Avoid front row woes and we will run the All Blacks very close

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Hopes are high that Ireland can end a 107 year wait to beat the All Blacks but McCaw, Carter and Woodcock are not ones for rolling over.

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