Don’t write obituary just yet

Daragh O Conchúir: “With the World Cup in mind, it’s not going very well for Ireland at the moment is it?”

David Humphreys: “It’s not but you’d rather be going badly now than going into the World Cup. New Zealand have always come into a World Cup unbeaten for a previous number of months and then they fail to deliver. At the same time, Ireland will be disappointed with the way they have performed over the last six or seven games.”

DOC: Is the player welfare programme contributing to poor form at present time?