Irish team that will show the pride and passion our rugby side lacked

I DECIDED last Saturday night, listening to the experts talking, that I finally knew what has been going wrong with the Irish rugby team.

Irish team that will show the pride and passion our rugby side lacked

I’ve never heard so much jargon and gobbledegook in one discussion.

Eddie O’Sullivan was being interviewed by the panel on Setanta Sports about the preparations for our do-or-die match with Argentina, and in the course of a 10-minute discussion I heard the following: “we’ll be looking for go-forward ball from get-go”; “I don’t expect him to be peppering the trams with bombs; “I’ll be happy with ball off the top from two and four”; “they’re superior in the tackle zone.”

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