Croker ‘chokers’? , Irish pros can handle pressure, blasts Wallace

THERE is no doubt losing to France in Croke Park 13 days ago hurt this Ireland team to the core, as David Wallace confesses.

So, when the words of injured France squad member Thomas Castaignede were brought to his ear, they must have re-opened old wounds.

Castaignede implicitly described Ireland as chokers, declaring: “they have fallen short every year when it comes to the Grand Slam, and the tournament, because they don’t win the critical matches”.