Irish caps ‘demeaned by sub parade’

THE SIX stood waiting to pounce, hoping the play and the clock would stop long enough for them to pick up another cap before the final whistle.

Their luck was in and out trotted Donncha O’Callaghan, Frankie Sheahan, Victor Costello, Guy Easterby, David Humphreys and Kevin Maggs.

The game was halfway through its 79th minute - and even then there was more game time left than when Sheahan and Gary Longwell were drafted in at the death against Italy a week before.