By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know
Just when the All Blacks thought they had finally seen the back of him, an old foe reappeared on a futile mission to pump some air into Ireland’s lead balloon.
Cian Healy’s late entrance into the grand scheme of things had been planned to give New Zealand another shove in the wrong direction and reaffirm Irish rule over the rankings’ roost.
And yet, on a night when it all went horribly wrong for the Six Nations champions, Healy still managed to bring the history book to its knees simply by answering Ireland’s forlorn call six minutes from time.
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