Ronan O'Gara: Ireland’s confidence is skin deep. It’s not deep in their bones

This becomes a delicate balancing act now. There are some very smart people in the Irish backroom team with Joe Schmidt, but this is mostly about the Irish players and the World Cup. You can see the confidence is skin deep at the moment, it’s not in their bones.

Ronan O'Gara: Ireland’s confidence is skin deep. It’s not deep in their bones

This becomes a delicate balancing act now. There are some very smart people in the Irish backroom team with Joe Schmidt, but this is mostly about the Irish players and the World Cup.

You can see the confidence is skin deep at the moment, it’s not in their bones.

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