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Colin Sheridan: Who knew losing was so much more interesting?

Now, it looks like we will have to wait four years to find out whether  Ireland have improved or not. 
Colin Sheridan: Who knew losing was so much more interesting?

UTTER DOMINANCE? Ireland’s Calvin Nash with Rio Dyer of Wales. Pic: Dan Sheridan, Inpho

You can only dance with the girls on the dancefloor, so the saying goes, and in that context, any criticism of the Irish rugby team going too hard on woefully inferior opposition seems a little - what’s the word - harsh? 

Ireland hammered Wales on Saturday in Dublin two weeks after hammering Italy and three weeks after hammering the one team that we never hammer, France. 

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