Player rifts ‘not to blame’ for Rugby World Cup flop

PERSONALITY clashes and personal problems either did not exist or did not have any bearing on Ireland’s awful performance at the Rugby World Cup, a management consultants’ investigation has found.

An internationally experienced manager and a sports psychologist are among the measures being adopted by the IRFU following the publication of the Genesis report on the past summer’s World Cup debacle.

Yesterday, the committee of the IRFU received the report from the management consultants who found, not surprisingly, that management, players and the IRFU collectively underperformed at the tournament.