{"id":296023,"date":"2023-10-13T08:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T08:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296023"},"modified":"2023-10-13T08:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T08:24:25","slug":"garry-ringrose-determined-to-break-new-ground-with-ireland-at-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/garry-ringrose-determined-to-break-new-ground-with-ireland-at-rugby-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Garry Ringrose determined to break new ground with Ireland at Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Garry Ringrose is determined to break new ground at the Rugby World Cup as he prepares for potentially the biggest Test match in Ireland\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
Three-time champions New Zealand stand in the way of rugby\u2019s top-ranked nation securing a maiden semi-final berth on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n
In-form Ireland are favourites for Saturday evening\u2019s hotly anticipated quarter-final in Paris and have arguably never been better placed to go all the way.<\/p>\n
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Centre Ringrose, who was part of the squad that suffered last-eight elimination at the hands of the All Blacks in Japan four years ago, found it difficult to deny Ireland are facing their all-time most important fixture.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big question,\u201d said the 28-year-old, who was on the scoresheet against Scotland last weekend. \u201cI don\u2019t want to say no because I\u2019m well aware of what\u2019s at stake.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess how we\u2019d be looking at it is that it\u2019s an opportunity to do something that no other Irish team has done.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving said that, we can\u2019t control the result or the outcome, but what we can control is how well we prepare.<\/p>\n
\u201cOff the back of the win last week, when we knew who we were facing, it was pretty much all hands on deck preparing as best we can because against a side of New Zealand\u2019s quality that\u2019s what it takes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure if that answers your question but that is certainly what is motivating us \u2013 it\u2019s an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ringrose claimed Ireland\u2019s sixth and final try in last weekend\u2019s 36-14 Pool B demolition of Scotland which guaranteed progression to the knockout stages.<\/p>\n
The Leinster midfielder moved to the right wing early in the game after the injury-enforced departure of Mack Hansen led to the introduction of centre Stuart McCloskey.<\/p>\n
Versatile Ringrose regularly rehearses positional swaps in training but concedes he required some touchline advice from the withdrawn Hansen, who has recovered from a calf issue to retain his starting place.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt certainly wasn\u2019t easy, there was once or twice when I was roaring to Mack on the sideline because I had forgotten one of the roles that the winger had to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are challenged as backs to be across everything detail wise, so whether you have Stu stepping in, myself going to the wing, Jamison (Gibson-Park) going to the wing, it\u2019s part of the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since being eliminated in Tokyo in 2019, Ireland have won three of four subsequent meetings with the Kiwis, including last summer\u2019s landmark tour triumph.<\/p>\n
Prop Andrew Porter, who claimed two tries in the second Test success in Dunedin, believes rugby in Ireland has progressed massively since the days he grew up idolising the late great All Black Jonah Lomu.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can take a lot of confidence from our previous encounters with them,\u201d said the Leinster loosehead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am just backing our own ability and I have that belief from our previous performances against them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIrish rugby has come such a long way even in the last four years since the last World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember growing up watching the All Blacks. Jonah Lomu was my favourite player. I had the honour, the chance of meeting him when he played in Dublin.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are an incredible team still and they will be a huge challenge for us this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n