Ireland will be looking to record their first ever win over New Zealand when the two sides clash in Dunedin tomorrow.

The Irish have never beaten the All Blacks, a 10-10 draw in Dublin way back in 1973 being their best result in 15 Tests.

As recently as last November, Ireland led 21-7 a minute into the second half, again in Dublin, before letting the advantage slip.

They will be facing a new-look All Blacks side dominated by the Super 12 winning Crusaders

Mitchell has made 10 changes to the side that laboured past Italy last weekend 64-10. The dominance of the Canterbury-based side represents a New Zealand record, beating the 12 Aucklanders named for the 1991 World Cup match against Italy in Leicester.

Mitchell has thrown down the gauntlet to to his side with the message of 'do the job or face the axe' for the bigger tests ahead in the Tri Nations.

The All Blacks supremo believes he knows where Eddie O'Sullivan's Ireland side will try to dominate the game.

"The Irish pride themselves on their scrummaging. That will be an area where they try to attack us and believe they can gain an edge. We got a little too smart for ourselves against Italy and didn't stick to the basics."

"Dublin's a reminder. The Irish would be disappointed they didn't take that test. They have been very quiet this week and that indicates they're going to be throwing everything at us, Mitchell said.

"They've got passion and emotion but they're also structured and skilled. They don't need to rely as much on emotion as they may have in the past."

In naming his starting XV Irish coach Eddie O'Sullivan admitted it was a close call between Ronan O'Gara and David Humphreys at fly-half.

O'Gara is one of five changes from the side which opened the tour with a 56-3 demolition of the New Zealand Divisional XV in Timaru, the Test team having seven changes from that beaten 44-5 by France in the final Six Nations match of the season.

Humphreys has scored 320 points in his 41 Tests and kicked 14 points in last November's loss to New Zealand. O'Gara was a member of the Munster team beaten in the European Cup final a fortnight ago and O'Sullivan said his recent play tipped the selection in his favour.

"David hasn't had much recent play and Ronan's just a wee bit sharper at the moment," O'Sullivan said.

One place further out John Kelly will play just his second Test, his previous appearance being against Italy and he will form a new combination with the world-class O'Driscoll.

The team also features the return of loose-head prop Reggie Corrigan who won the last of his 10 caps in the 1999 World Cup.

Six of the team - full-back Girvan Dempsey, O'Driscoll, half-back Peter Stringer, number eight Anthony Foley, Wood and tighthead prop John Hayes - played against the All Blacks last year.

O'Sullivan said Ireland's "ball in hand" style would continue.

"We're not going to just kick it in the air or stick it into the corners. We'll be more expansive than that," he said.

And the coach claims Ireland's challenge tomorrow is to play to the intensity demanded by the All Blacks.

"It's a question of lifting our intensity and still playing a similar quality. That's the question we have to answer," he said.

New Zealand: Leon MacDonald, Doug Howlett, Tana Umaga, Caleb Ralph, Aaron Mauger, Andrew Mehrtens, Justin Marshall, Scott Roberetson, Richard McCaw, Norm Maxwell, Chris Jack, Reuben Thorne (captain), Greg Somerville, Mark Hammett, Dave Hewett. Reserves: Tom Willis, Joe McDonnell, Taine Randell, Marty Holah, Byron Kelleher, Daryl Gibson, Jonah Lomu.

Ireland: Girvan Dempsey, Geordan Murphy, Brian O'Driscoll, John Kelly, Justin Bishop, Ronan O'Gara, Peter Stringer, Anthony Foley, Keith Gleeson, Simon Easterby, Paul O'Connell, Gary Longwell, John Hayes, Keith Wood (c), Reggie Corrigan. Reserves to be named on match day.

Referee Joel Jutge (France).