Wrong names in blame game

WHEN a team plays as dismally as Ireland in Rome, the critics set their sights on the usual victims.

It was no different this time. They honed in on Tomás O’Leary at scrum-half, Cian Healy and Mike Ross in the front-row and the disjointed nature of the back-row.

Certainly there were shortcomings in these areas but, I felt, far more established members of the side didn’t measure up on Saturday.