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Published 18:18 6 Oct 2018 BST
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New Zealand are now almost three points ahead of Ireland in the world rankings.
Joe Schmidt's men, currently on a winning streak, have their highest ever points total but will need a couple of results to go their way to overtake New Zealand in November. An Ireland win at the Aviva Stadium next month see them gain 0.98 points (with the ABs losing the same amount).
To make that game a straight shoot-out for the top spit, Hansen's side would have to lose against Australia (in Yokohama), Japan (Chogu) or England (London) before travelling to Dublin.
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