Reddan hopes to wipe out World Cup hopes

Eoin Reddan has urged his Ireland team-mates to prove their tortuous World Cup was just an aberration by overwhelming Italy on Saturday.

Reddan hopes to wipe out World Cup hopes
Thu, 31 Jan, 2008 - 15:12
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Eoin Reddan has urged his Ireland team-mates to prove their tortuous World Cup was just an aberration by overwhelming Italy on Saturday.

Ireland were humiliated in France last September as their tournament ambitions quickly unravelled amid a succession of abject performances.

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