New Zealand letter: Covid numbers are rising, there's snow forecast - and an earthquake hit earlier this week - The Irish Times

Next Test is a 28,500 sell-out and all hotels, motels, guest houses and Airbnbs booked out

The Irish squad broke with custom by having their last full training session on Wednesday morning before their 2½ hour afternoon flight to Dunedin, so making Thursday a complete day off before their … [+6567 chars]

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