After a thoroughly deflating few days for Irish rugby, inevitably we’re all now wondering “whether this is a lull or something deeper” ... There weren’t too many signs of “green shoots” ... READ MORE. Ian O’Riordan ... LordClifton Wrottesley ... Anabelle Zurbay ... .
It’s unlikely that any of you will be telling your grandchildren about those 72 hours in Irish rugby ... “It is hard to remember a more wounding weekend in the modern history of Irish rugby,” writes Denis Walsh.
VictoriaMadigan from Dublin 6 opened her letter by declaring her “umbrage” at Burke’s “generalisation” about Irish rugby fans, and Des Foley – getting in touch from Brittany in France – described the “stereotyping” of Irish rugby fans as “unfair.”.
Sir, – A free admission that basketball was my sport, not rugby, but I always considered both very tactical ... ‘I was so terrified’ ... IrishTimes photographers highly commended at AIBPressPhotographer of the Year awards ... – Yours, etc,.Owen McKeon, ... .
The Irish senior coaching cohort Andy Farrell, Paul...It’s been a pretty sobering couple of days for Irish rugby and there is precious little consolation, albeit that there is no time to wallow.
Frawley, Bohan and Ward join up with Irish XV squad ahead of England A clash ... is New Zealand rugby as strong as it once was? Look at the players ... I have been struck by how quickly the narrative around Irish rugby has turned apocalyptic.