Was this not where we were going into this Rugby World Cup, all of us pulling in the same direction, though admittedly some of us not pulling very hard? But then Ireland’s latest Rugby World Cup catastrophe unfolded and it all came pouring out. There were those plain fed up at Ireland bombing at another World Cup despite being talked up as potential winners. Others raised that old chestnut about the rugby team not being criticised for a poor performance with as much venom as the soccer team would be. For many the defeat released pent-up rage about the saturation advertising campaigns around this World Cup.

Source: Irish Examiner October 02, 2019 23:03 UTC