The All Blacks saw off the cream of British and Irish rugby with 3-0 series triumph during the summer and Byrne believes victory on Saturday would go some way towards avenging those defeats.

And the veteran front row, who started the first and third Lions Tests, insists Tri-Nations champions New Zealand are far from invincible - despite their emphatic 41-3 win over Wales last Saturday.

I cant wait to play these guys again. In the summer we came off the pitch feeling it was our mistakes which cost us. If we hadnt made those mistakes maybe the games would have been tighter, he said.

Its a similar situation to Irelands tour to South Africa last year - we lost both Tests which meant everyone was chomping at the bit when they came to Dublin in November, a game we won.

Weve got things to put right against New Zealand. Theyre not unbeatable, as South Africa proved during the Tri-Nations in the summer.

Nobody gives us a chance against New Zealand. We have to prove people wrong. I couldnt care less if they have made 15 changes. If we win, it will go down in the record book that we beat New Zealand.

Byrnes memories of the Lions series are more painful than most after the tourists line-out troubles in the opening Test, with Irelands hooker shouldering much of the blame.

Its amazing how much something like that can hurt you because that first Test was seen as a complete disaster for myself, he said.

I took the criticism on the chin. My responsibility was the line-out and every facet of that broke down. The quality was there in our line-out so I felt we should have got nearly every one on our own throw.

Luckily that wasnt the end of it as I was involved in the final two Tests. Id say the Lions pack in the third Test got on top of the All Black pack, but that wasnt reflected in the score.