Lancaster shoots down chaos theory for Ireland cup failure

Sacked on the back of England’s dismal World Cup showing on home soil in 2015, the Leinster senior coach now finds himself implicated, indirectly, in Ireland’s tortured 2019 campaign which was brought to a limp end by the All Blacks in Tokyo.

Lancaster shoots down chaos theory for Ireland cup failure
Tue, 12 Nov, 2019 - 06:30
Simon Lewis

Poor old Stuart Lancaster.

Sacked on the back of England’s dismal World Cup showing on home soil in 2015, the Leinster senior coach now finds himself implicated, indirectly, in Ireland’s tortured 2019 campaign which was brought to a limp end by the All Blacks in Tokyo.

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