Back home, bruised and unbeaten
If delayed flights and pressing family commitments weren’t enough to bring our Six Nations heroes down to earth with a bang, the sobering prospect of a first Triple Crown in almost 20 years was. That and the exhaustion after a tumultuous Saturday at Twickenham.
By the time the Irish players and management concluded formal post-match duties, the clock had turned into Sunday. “The lads were exhausted, they had taken a physical battering,” said coach Eddie O’Sullivan.
