Rugby World Cup heartbreak so raw for Ireland’s Stacey Flood

Flood's focus now is next month’s games against the USA and Japan in the RDS but the magnitude of last month’s failure demands more airtime as the IRFU goes about a review

At the launch of the new Ireland jerseys on sale now from Elverys.ie, in store, or on Canterbury.com were Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (centre), Eve Higgins (right), and Stacey Flood (left). Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

It’s already been just over a month but Stacey Flood admits Ireland’s failure to make it through the recent qualifying tournament in Italy and to next year’s World Cup in New Zealand is still something of an open wound.

“It’s not something you just get over in a day or two,” said the out-half at the launch of Canterbury’s new Ireland home and away jerseys.