McGrath's point: let's play to our strengths

ALL week, Ireland manager Pete McGrath refused to talk about the Australians. It's a familiar refrain from those in charge going into big games.

'I'm concentrating on my team', the spiel goes. 'What ... (insert as applicable) are up to, I don't care'.

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, it's hogwash. Pure and simple. Turns out though, Pete wasn't having us on.