Jaguares no match for Ireland’s ‘A’ game

FROM the fifth minute onward when Ireland chose a scrum rather than a more predictable option after being awarded a free kick and dismantled the Argentine Jaguares at what they are renowned for doing best, there could have been only one outcome to last night’s A international at the splendid new stadium in Tallaght.

Ireland romped home by 31-0 and the burning desire of the watching Declan Kidney to build a large and worthy national squad came a stage closer to fruition. However, as with the Fiji game the week before, the jury was still out on a number of those involved simply because the opposition didn’t measure up to a whole lot.

As for bringing the match to Tallaght in the hope of inculcating further interest in the game in this thickly populated area, the size of the attendance (officially claimed to be 4,016) would have been reasonably satisfactory for IRFU director of rugby Eddie Wigglesworth and those who came up with a very worthy initiative.