Taking refuge on rugby’s winter trail

THANK God I’m not a dedicated soccer supporter. Like most Irishmen, I follow a wide range of sports and would have a particular interest when the national team (regardless of the code) is playing.

I’m aware of how well the Irish hockey teams, men and women, have done recently, the same with the basketball teams, even the cricket team, for God’s sake. But the soccer?

God love us. My interest in that sport is only passing, passing a lot faster these days, with the greed and dishonesty so endemic in the game, at the top especially.