Live: All Blacks v Ireland Nations Championship

Follow all the action as the All Blacks take on Ireland at Auckland's Eden Park.

Kick-off is 7pm Saturday.

Coach Dave Rennie was satisfied with Saturday's victory over Italy, but he knows the All Blacks will need to be more ruthless if they're to beat an in-form Ireland and protect their Eden Park record.

"It's a pass mark, but we'll need to do better," Rennie said.

"I thought we were pretty passive defensively in the first 10 or 15 minutes, but really good beyond that. We started to get time and tackle and a lot more line speed, and so that was positive."

Leading by just four points at halftime, the All Blacks scored three tries in the first 15 minutes of the second half while Italy had a player red carded for a headbutt, effectively killing off the visitors chances of a comeback.

Two of those tries were to wing Will Jordan, who bagged a hattrick on Saturday night to become the All Blacks all-time leading try scorer with 50 test tries.

However, the hosts struggled for continuity in the last third of the game, failing to score any more points until after the fulltime siren.

Rennie was pleased with the way his side started the second half, but frustrated by the way they ended it.

"I thought we were excellent after half-time, and probably disappointing in that last sort of 25 minutes where we were just loose. We just needed to be a little bit more accurate."

Rennie knows the All Blacks, who now have wins over France and Italy to kick off their season, will need a more clinical and ruthless performance if they're to beat Ireland.

Ireland, like New Zealand, are coming off two wins to start their Nations Championship campaign, pipping the Wallabies 33-31 before beating Japan 36-20 last weekend.

All Blacks to play Ireland:

(Test caps in brackets)

1. Ethan de Groot (42)

2. Codie Taylor (108)

3. Tyrel Lomax (50)

4. Josh Lord (14)

5. Patrick Tuipulotu (56)

6. Tupou Vaa'i (46)

7. Luke Jacobson (26)

8. Ardie Savea (108) (Captain)

9. Cam Roigard (19)

10. Ruben Love (7)

11. Josh Moorby (1)

12. Jordie Barrett (80)

13. Quinn Tupaea (25)

14. Will Jordan (56)

15. Damian McKenzie (76)

16. Asafo Aumua (21)

17. Xavier Numia (1)

18. Fletcher Newell (36)

19. Anton Segner (1)

20. Peter Lakai (9)

21. Cortez Ratima (23)

22. Anton Lienert-Brown (89)

23. Caleb Clarke (34)

Unavailable due to injury: Fehi Fineanganofo (shoulder); Leroy Carter (shoulder)