Our next political champions will have to adopt rugby-style tactics

WHAT have MRBI and Thomond Park got in common? One is a highly respected opinion poll company, the other a cathedral of rugby (actually, maybe the Vatican of rugby).

At first glance, perhaps, there's no connection. But read on, and I'll tell you something the political pundits don't know.

There was a time when I would have spent the whole of Saturday and Sunday poring over last week's opinion poll.