Wrong names in blame game

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

Tue, 08 Feb, 2011 - 00:00
Charlie Mulqueen

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.

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