That's better

IRELAND'S season is back on track.

That's better
Mon, 23 Feb, 2004 - 00:00
Charlie Mulqueen

Ireland 36 Wales 15

Supposedly resurgent Wales were blown away yesterday in front of an ecstatic packed house at Lansdowne Road and after all the fears generated by a poor performance in Paris, a new sense of optimism permeates Irish rugby.

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