Ireland coach Andy Farrell relishes the prospect of taking on the All Blacks in three tests in New Zealand next year.
The former dual international masterminded the 29-20 win at Dublin on Sunday morning (NZ time), as the Irish won for the third time in five attempts against the All Blacks.
But Farrell expects a backlash when his team arrives downunder in June 2022, admitting his side have "poked the bear", but salivating over the challenge to continue their recent dominance.
"History shows the next time you play against the All Blacks, that's the most difficult," says Farrell. "That's part of our journey, it's a great one and we want to test ourselves against the best.
"Getting the victory against them is all well and good, but we know it's going to be harder down the track. We definitely have [poked the bear], no doubt about it."
Irelands' greatest-ever player, Brian O'Driscoll, says last weekend's win was the most "comprehensive" of the three his country has achieved against New Zealand, but beating them on home soil is the ultimate test.
Farrell agrees, but instead of bracing for what will be thrown at them by the men in black, he’s focused on how his side can continue their stranglehold over the three-time world champions.
"It'll be a tough tour,” he says. "I've no doubt they'll come firing back at us in the first test, but it's about us finding out about ourselves.
"It's the place that we want to be. The hardest part about sport is being consistent.
"We've had a couple of good performances now and obviously it was a tough ask - we wanted to back ourselves [against New Zealand] and see where we're at.
"It's a nice performance and we get the victory to go with it.
"It's special for the players, they believe in what they're doing. It's nice to get the reward, you know."
When they arrive in New Zealand next winter, Ireland will be battle-hardened from an incredibly hard-fought Six Nations, with France, England, Wales and Scotland providing stiff opposition to Farrell's title hopes.
But if his side can regularly perform as they did at Aviva Stadium, they will go close to a first title in three years.
"Listen, it was a fantastic day for Irish rugby and I'm so proud of the lads," Farrell says.
"Being brave is to stick to the process, to trust in what we're trying to achieve, being nice and calm in how we're trying to execute our plays etc, and making sure that we're staying disciplined.
"We lost a little bit of that, we were going off our feet a bit, got a few penalties taken away because of it, but I thought we refocused at half-time, we stayed nice and calm, and therefore the plan was executed nicely.
"We were brave enough to back it up as well."
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