Enough Mr Nice guy, Eddie

WHAT the hell is going on with the Irish rugby team? Backwards we’re going, not forward, and I’m very much afraid the blame has to be laid squarely on the shoulders of Eddie O’Sullivan.

Let me make it clear from the outset here, this is not a personal attack on Eddie.

I’ve met the man on several occasions: he’s decent, straight, probably the most dedicated and hardest-working team manager in sport. None of the above, however, means that he’s above criticism, and boy, how he deserves to be criticised.

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