Irish team must ‘try’ harder to fulfil its destiny

THE tremendous victory of the Irish rugby team over Tri-Nations champions Australia, which united the nation (north and south), gives us all hope that this group of players (including the veteran O’Driscoll) can now push on to fulfil their destiny by lifting the William Webb Ellis Cup.

While last weekend’s victory was achieved through mental focus and sustained physical intensity, the one drawback for me was that Ireland failed to breach the Wallabies’ tryline.

Despite our dominance at the breakdown, in the set-piece and in defence, we failed to take full advantage of our superiority by scoring tries.