McDermott: We have shed ‘second best’ mentality

MAYBE it is a marking of changing times. Or maybe it is something more positive that is creeping into the Irish sporting mindset.

Mon, 28 Jun, 2004 - 01:00

Barry Coughlan

It wasn’t all that long ago that Ireland would have been quite content to finish runners up in a World Cup final, accepting the plaudits for being gallant losers.

Not any more.

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