Is England’s sporting difficulty Ireland’s opportunity?

This week one of Ireland’s leading national teams announced the appointment of a coach who, in his early 40s and at his only World Cup to date, saw his country underachieve amid accusations of player unrest and who was gone prematurely by the end of that calendar year… but that is enough about Andy Farrell, Ireland’s next rugby coach.

Farrell was part of Stuart Lancaster’s coaching team for England at the Rugby World Cup in 2015. England failed to get out of their pool, the first time this had happened to a host nation.