Andrew Goodman welcomes familiar faces as All Blacks arrive in Dublin

While Andrew Goodman may only be heading into his first game-week in the job, Ireland's new attack coach is well placed to offer an insight into this New Zealand side.

The Kiwi took over as Ireland’s attack and backs coach following the departure of Mike Catt in the summer, and as luck would have it, the former Leinster assistant's first opposition to try find holes in are the All Blacks.

To make it even more interesting, this is an All Blacks side who are now coached by Scott Robertson, the man Goodman earned his stripes working under at the Crusaders.

"Razor [Scott Robertson] was a big mentor to me," Goodman said of his relationship with the New Zealand coach.

"He gave me my opportunity at the Crusaders and he’s someone I learned a great deal off so I’ve got huge respect for Razor and all of his coaching group. I’ve worked alongside all of them. It's going to be great to go to battle with them."

While that familiarity with Robertson and his coaching staff has its benefits, Goodman is quick to remind that it isn't necessarily an advantage.

"Obviously it works both ways; they know me well also.

"There’s little things you’ll look to maybe think about how they might do different areas of the game or what they might bring but it's test rugby, it’s a different level to what we were playing in Super Rugby in New Zealand. So it was a different game. The game has kind of moved on and evolved a lot over the last couple of years," he added.

Goodman is similarly close with some of the players in the New Zealand squad, dating back to his Crusaders days.

In particular, he goes back a long way with All Blacks wing-turned-full-back Will Jordan, whose incredible strike rate at Test level has now hit 36 tries in just 38 New Zealand caps.

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