Peter O'Mahony joins Irish squad as All Blacks lose Beauden Barrett and Codie Taylor to injury

New Zealand have been dealt a double blow ahead of Friday's clash with Ireland at Aviva Stadium, with Beauden Barrett and Codie Taylor both ruled out of the World Cup quarter-final rematch due to concussion.

The pair suffered head injuries during yesterday’s 24-22 win against England, with head coach Scott Robertson already confirming they would miss the trip to Dublin, given they are dealing with a six-day turnaround.

Meanwhile, Ireland are continuing their training camp in Portugal where they have been joined by Peter O’Mahony, who now looks well in contention for a place in Andy Farrell’s matchday squad.

The 35-year-old played the first half of Munster’s 38-24 defeat to the All Blacks XV at Thomond Park on Saturday evening on his comeback from a hamstring injury, before coming off at half-time in a pre-arranged substitution.

Ireland are due to return from Portugal on Tuesday, but assistant coach Andrew Goodman confirmed the flanker has already joined the camp on the Algarve.

"We're all in good health and training away, obviously," the attack coach (below) said.

"Pete has joined us now after the match yesterday and he's watched footage with everybody this morning, so it's good to have him around.

"He was over this morning nice and early and joined the team, which is great."

O’Mahony had only played 20 minutes of rugby this season prior to last night’s game at Thomond Park, but looked in top form during his 40 minutes as he set a physical and emotional tone on the pitch.

And Goodman says the flanker is very much in contention for selection this week against the three-time world champions.

"It was great to see Pete out there. We had both games on here at the hotel and there was keen interest in both the matches.

"Pete’s been out