Toner: A lot of blame for Argentina defeat in 2015 'on the players'

The first game of the 2019 Rugby World Cup is still 85 days away and yet Ireland are back in camp almost two weeks already. It’s no wonder that Toner opined yesterday that these summer breaks never feel long enough. For Ireland, though, there is plenty to work on.

Hot favourites for the Six Nations – and hot on the heels of New Zealand in the odds for the World Cup – at the start of the year, their stock plummeted on the back of a difficult Six Nations which ended with an abject defeat away to Wales.