The New Zealand All Blacks rugby team coach Steve Hansen speaks to the press under cloudy skies during a team training session in Sydney, Australia, August 19, 2016, before their first Bledisloe Cup game against Australia's Wallabies on Saturday. REUTERS/Jason Reed
(Reuters) - New Zealand coach Steve Hansen offered no excuses for his side's 40-29 loss to Ireland on Saturday, a defeat that ended their record 18-match winning streak, and said the "right team" had won the test at Chicago's Soldier Field.
Ireland's win over the All Blacks was their first in 29 meetings, a run stretching back 111 years.
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