Time to give an immensely talented Irish team their due

AND so, it came to pass; just as I predicted, we beat Wales, and by 26 points at that. Happy? No, I’m not.

The atmosphere inside Lansdowne Road was poor, watery (you didn't have to be there, and I wasn't, more pressing matters in Thurles, but TV is enough to inform), the attitude generally, nationwide, is all wrong.

A couple of weeks ago in this column, after the Paris debacle, I mentioned my disappointment at the attitude of many of our highest-profile media experts to this Irish rugby team. These are the guys setting the tone for everyone else, these are the experts informing the rest of us plebs where we should be setting the bar, on our expectations.