Joe Biden appeared to confuse the Black and Tans and All Blacks during remarks made on his trip to Ireland.<br /><br />Speaking in Louth, the US president paid tribute to his distant cousin and former Irish rugby player Rob Kearney.<br /><br />Mr Biden thanked him for the tie he was wearing and referenced a match in Chicago, appearing to confuse the New Zealand team with the British security forces that fought IRA rebels in the 1919-21 war of independence from Britain.<br /><br />“He beat the hell out of the Black and Tans,” Mr Biden said.
