Is Joe Schmidt’s Ireland ready to shed tag of once-off world-beaters, asks Ronan O'Gara.

Once history has been made, can you be as hungry again?, asks Ronan O’Gara

Fri, 18 Nov, 2016 - 00:00

An Irish rugby legend and record‑setting out‑half turned elite coach with La Rochelle. A prominent pundit known for frank, compelling, agenda-setting analysis.

I WONDER what Joe Schmidt thought of that TV documentary last week on Ireland’s tour to South Africa in June. Irish Rugby: What we did last Summer offered an inside-the-tent perspective on the first test success in Cape Town, but it was a series Ireland lost 2-1. The programme went into no great detail on the two losses in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.

Irish Rugby: What we did last Summer offered an inside-the-tent perspective on the first test success in Cape Town, but it was a series Ireland lost 2-1. The programme went into no great detail on the two losses in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.