Ripped to shreds

EVEN Max Clifford would struggle to put a positive spin on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium.

What should have been a celebration with the return of international rugby to its magnificent new home turned into a bit of a disaster – and that was before the clash with South Africa started.

The ticket fiasco which had overshadowed the build up to the game hit home even more forcibly than we thought with vast sways of empty seats greeting the teams on their arrival.