Perfect 10 but unlucky Irish relegated
That briefly gave them a glimmer of hope of maintaining ‘A’ status, but they then needed France to beat England in the following game, but the French were thrashed 7-0 by the hosts and thus Ireland were relegated.
The Irish will nevertheless draw some comfort from the nature of their win over the Czechs as they refocus for the challenge early next year of trying to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.