“You do that in New Zealand, you normally end up underneath your posts” – Ronan O’Gara

"It starts with a kick-off or reception and how you impose your game on them. You could see in the Maori game that when Ireland held the ball and they were accurate there were opportunities but when they were inaccurate, they gave away the ball cheaply and if you do that in New Zealand, you normally end up underneath your posts. 

"Against other teams you don’t, you concede territory but that’s the difference between New Zealand at home and any other team; their capacity to execute at speed from turnover ball."

Ronan O'Gara on Joey Carbery

"It’s flipped on its head now," Ronan O'Gara added. "New Zealand came to the Aviva in November at the end of a long season. Ireland are now going to Eden Park in the middle of winter with a wet ball at the end of a long season, but I think the Irish players are incredible well managed, none of them are over-rugby-ed and this game has been on the radar for a long time.

"Yeah, there was a disappointing start but it can all come good with a big performance on Saturday night [in the First Test]."

Flip forward two days and Ronan O'Gara was in the Sky Sports studio, doing some punditry work for that First Test against New Zealand. His stand-out observation, among many considered words, concerned Joey Carbery.

"He's brilliant rugby player. Is he a brilliant 10? I don't know."

As if to soften those comments, the Munster outhalf was then likened to the versatile, excellent Beauden Barrett.