8 Jul 2022

Excitement in Dunedin ahead of All Blacks v Ireland clash

From Checkpoint, 5:39 pm on 8 July 2022

In Dunedin excitement is building ahead of the return of top tier international rugby to the southern city.

The All Blacks will take on Ireland in the second test at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday in what will mark the first truly international test match in the South Island, complete with foreign fans able to travel, since the French toured in 2018.

Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown, is braving a pretty bitter and wet Dunedin evening and joins us now from the Octagon.