Golden opportunity for Irish

IRELAND’S current ‘golden generation’ have been challenged by Donncha O’Callaghan to earn their status with a World Cup quarter-final victory over Wales on Saturday.

Irish rugby history will be made this weekend in the New Zealand capital if Brian O’Driscoll’s side can reach a first World Cup semi-final for Ireland in the seventh edition of the tournament.

For the captain, and many other senior squad members, the clash represents their last chance to deliver a crowning moment for a nucleus of players who have delivered four Triple Crowns and the 2009 Grand Slam in the last decade.