The only thing holding us back now is O’Sullivan

THERE are few things in life more frustrating than watching talent being wasted, seeing potential wash down the drain.

Over the last decade of Irish rugby, that is exactly what we’ve been witnessing, on a grand scale. Despite what many of our national opinion-formers may say, Ireland does not lack for resources, does not lack for numbers, when it comes to taking on the best in world rugby; every time I hear such nonsense I cringe, because every sport at every level, even in recent times, has evidence to prove that success doesn’t always go to the biggest bull in the ring.

If it always simply came down to numbers and resources, what business did Wexford and Clare have winning All-Ireland senior hurling titles in the 90’s when they trail behind the likes of Cork, Tipperary, Galway, Kilkenny, even Limerick and Dublin, in those areas?