We never really performed, admits frustrated Wallace

HIS first World Cup and, as he alluded to afterwards, possibly his last, was a disappointing affair admitted David Wallace.

One of Ireland’s players of last seasons’s Six Nations, the Munster flanker only produced fleeting glimpses of his undoubted talent over the past three weeks. But overall, he felt Ireland lacked any real momentum coming into this tournament.

“It’s been very difficult to say why we haven’t performed at this World Cup, when you compare the way we have played in the last couple of seasons,” said Wallace. “We had a lot of momentum coming off the back of last season but failed for whatever reason to get good performances under our belt coming into this World Cup. It never really clicked for us.