The wheels coming off in Europe for Irish provinces

Four games into the Champions Cup for the Irish provinces and just a solitary win to show for our efforts. Even that was achieved at home by Munster against the tournament’s basement side Treviso. 

Given two of those three defeats were on home soil, the portents are altready dismal for the Irish in a tournament that we retained ownership of for long periods between 2006 and 2012.

So what has gone wrong? Ulster stand accused of a lack of desire, playing in Belfast in front of a traditionally raucous Ravenhill crowd, against Saracens on Friday night.