Heading into this weekend's Six Nations game against England, there are very few onlookers that are expecting anything other an Irish rugby victory at Twickenham.
Andy Farrell's side have been by far the best team so far in this year's championship, winning all three of their games comfortably up to this point. Steve Borthwick's men may have two wins under their belt, but they did not impress against either Italy or Wales before being handily beaten by Scotland last time out.
In short, you can see why Ireland are heavy favourites for Saturday's fixture.
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Rugby: Jamie Heaslip makes big Ireland-New Zealand comparison
When it comes to this Ireland team, quite a few prominent rugby voices have been effusive in their praise of their recent performances.
They have widely been labelled as the world's best team, with the likes of Sam Warburton sharing their belief that they are among the most complete sides to ever play the game. That is a big claim, although they could become the first side to win successive Grand Slams in the Six Nations era over the coming weeks.
Speaking on the BBC Rugby Union Daily podcast, former Ireland star Jamie Heaslip even compared them to the all-conquering All Blacks side that had dominated world rugby from the late 2000s and to mid 2010s.
They only know winning.
It’s a pretty powerful mindset coming into it and fills them with confidence. It kind of reminds me of that Richie McCaw-Dan Carter side with New Zealand.
That period from 2007 to the 2015 World Cup when they were just so, so dominant.
It builds a bit of a flywheel momentum for these guys. They don’t take anything for granted, that’s for sure.
Andy Farrell won’t let them take anything for granted. They’re not fearful of going there [Twickenham] now but they should definitely understand the history between the two sides.
Farrell is definitely one of the best people to remind them of that.
Some rugby fans will rightly point out that Ireland will need to achieve far more success in the World Cup in order to be compared to those sorts of teams, although it is interesting to see just how much many former players from both at home and abroad are bigging up Andy Farrell's side.
Here's hoping they can keep this current run of form going for as long as possible.
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