Two international rugby powerhouses, Ireland and New Zealand, will meet once again at Soldier Field, nine years after playing their first match on American soil.

Ireland are set to take on New Zealand at Soldier Field in Chicago and the country previously devised an original reaction to the haka in 1989

New Zealand starting XV: 15 Will Jordan, 14 Leroy Carter, 13 Quinn Tupaea, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Cam Roigard, 1 Ethan de Groot, 2 Codie Taylor, 3 Fletcher Newell, 4 Scott Barrett (captain), 5 Fabian Holland, 6 Simon Parker, 7 Ardie Savea, 8 Peter Lakai.

Ireland take on New Zealand in their first autumn international of 2025. Get match details, betting tips, predictions and TV info for Saturday's match at Soldier Field, Chicago

Ireland returns on Saturday to Chicago’s Soldier Field, the scene of its first win over New Zealand, to face the All Blacks almost nine years to the day since that historic victory.

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The rematch, set for Soldier Field, is the first time the teams will meet in Chicago since their epic 2016 clash.

We ask only because – and not to be too hyperbolic or anything – has there ever been a less aesthetically pleasing and more bewilderingly distracting sporting sight to appear on our TV screens in the history of time than the one Soldier Field chucked at us on Saturday evening?