While it’s a time for some humility in Irish rugby, it is not a time for catastrophising. Yet if there’s one place where it’s even more challenging to be an Irish rugby person than a pro dressing room in France then it’s back home in Ireland. Among the wider public in this social media age, members of the Irish rugby community have been subject to sheer derision. If anything though, a look at the coaching booths in Japan last weekend offered several reminders of Ireland’s standing in world rugby. Irish rugby has quite a challenge ahead of itself in the coming months.

Source: Irish Examiner November 05, 2019 23:03 UTC