Wales up for it: Forewarned is to be forearmed

Ahead of their Six Nations clash with Ireland, Donal Lenihan says the Welsh players have plenty of reasons to dig deep and deliver a potential season’s high.

Cardiff Arms Park.

For years it proved a graveyard for Irish rugby teams. Throughout the 1970s Wales appeared invincible there. One of my earliest memories of the then Five Nations championship dates back to that famous try by Gareth Edwards — who else — against Scotland in 1972, sliding through the mud in the corner after leaving a trail of Scottish players in his wake.