Tommy Martin: Unlike the hosts, Ireland can relax into World Cup duty  

It is hard not to feel that Ireland are easing themselves into this World Cup

WEIGHT OF A NATION: Ireland's Jamison Gibson-Park in the gym. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

If you took a passing interest in Ireland’s Rugby World Cup preparations you would think that Andy Farrell was running a Loire Valley summer camp to keep his boisterous young charges out of their parents’ hair for a few weeks.

Social media clips proliferate of Andrew Porter and Finlay Bealham duelling it out in a long drive competition on the team's private golf simulator, while Mack Hansen posted footage of Jamison Gibson-Park nailing a three-pointer from the roof of the hotel into the Farrell Fun Camp basketball hoop.