Argentina 1999 etched in our memories, says O’Driscoll

IRISH rugby has experienced more than its fair share of low points. Forget a dark night of the soul, the men in green have been through enough black moments to put them back to back and form an annus horribilis.

Twickenham in March was the most recent debacle but ask most of the current squad now deservedly glorying in the success of recent weeks and they will tell you that the one utterly godawful matchday moment they have had to stomach was on the night of October 20, 1999.

The venue: Lens. The match: World Cup second round. The opponents: Argentina.