‘We want to be the best team in the world’ – Josh van der Flier says old fear of All Blacks is gone

Josh van der Flier during an Ireland Rugby media conference at SeatGeek Stadium in Chicago. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

When he ran out on to Soldier Field in 2016 as a first-half replacement for Jordi Murphy, Josh van der Flier was winning just his third cap.

He was on the pitch as history was made. The win turned the relationship between the All Blacks and Ireland on its head and as a result, Van der Flier has never had an inferiority complex about facing New Zealand.

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