The display of O’Gara was perhaps most instructive of all

IT IS not much more than eighteen months since France defeated the All Blacks in a World Cup semi final widely regarded as the finest rugby match ever seen.

The display of O’Gara was perhaps most instructive of all

IT IS not much more than eighteen months since France defeated the All Blacks in a World Cup semi final widely regarded as the finest rugby match ever seen.

A couple of weeks earlier, Ireland had made an ignominious exit from the competition at the hands of Argentina. The misery was piled on for Warren Gatland, a manager being handed the proverbial revolver and tumbler of whiskey by media and fans alike.

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