Au revoir Tours, Ireland's oasis of calm at this World Cup

Letter from Tours: IRFU staff were packing up two giant articulated trucks Wednesday afternoon, clearing out their gear from the Stade de la Chambrerie complex

WATCHING ON: IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora watches Ireland train at Complexe de la Chambrerie in Tours. Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Sad to say, we must be on our way… 

The Ireland bandwagon is moving on to pastures new and it will be a bittersweet exit from Tours Thursday morning as the World Cup squad and its accompanying press pack depart the Loire Valley city they have called home since the last day of August.