All Blacks to start tour in Belfast

The All Blacks will play

The All Blacks will play

their first match in Belfast in nearly 30 years when they take on Ireland A in November.

The game will form part of their tour of Ireland, Scotland and Argentina, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union said today.

The All Blacks play Ireland A in the tour opener on November 13th, followed by Ireland in Dublin on either November 17th or 18th.

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They then cross the water to face Scotland A on November 24th, at a venue yet to be decided, and the test against Scotland at Murrayfield on either November 24th or 25th, a NZRFU spokesman said.

New Zealand will also play a one-off test against Argentina on December 1st, he added.