“There’s two kinds of pain in this world. Pain that hurts. Pain that alters.” Robert McCall, The Equalizer 2 (2018) You would think that Irish supporters would be used to World Cup quarter-final defeats by now, but every time that they happen, the wound cuts just as deep. In fact, this one is … Continue reading Ground Zero
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Sounding The Claxon
The phrase ‘go to the well’ is used to describe a team who have to dig deep to produce a brilliant, one-off performance to seal a famous win. It usually applies to a display that is out of the ordinary, and it has been thrown around a fair bit since Ireland beat Australia on … Continue reading Sounding The Claxon
All Square
“We felt the lightning, And we waited on the thunder, Waited on the thunder, I awoke last night to the sound of thunder, How far off I sat and wondered” -Bob Seger - Night Moves (1976) When Ireland lost to Australia in Brisbane, they looked a pale imitation of the team that dominated … Continue reading All Square
Picking Over The Bones
Joe Schmidt gambled with the matchday squad he chose for Saturday’s clash between Australia and Ireland, and in agonising fashion, the players he picked ultimately didn’t get the job done. The Ireland head coach made the right call by choosing several non-frontline players because 1) it allowed the ones who were involved in the … Continue reading Picking Over The Bones
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