Ronan O'Gara: Six Nations, Grand Slams ... they're nice, but no longer enough
SINKING FEELING: Ireland’s Caelan Doris dejected after Saturday's loss to the All Blacks at the Stade de France. Pic: Dan Sheridan, Inpho
THE emotional head-wreck that is another failed Ireland World Cup campaign is not lost on me. Believe me when I say that. Exiting at the quarter-final stage in the manner this group did against New Zealand, and the long road to 2027, is beyond torture but I’m not sure either that the mass glorification of the effort at home has struck the right note.
The most interesting part of what comes next won’t come next. It must wait a while. What does Ireland and Andy Farrell do to resolve this cursed problem? Hopefully nothing like the strategies post the World Cups of 2003-2019 inclusive, because that means we will turn into the new year full of piss and vinegar, on a heroic mission of atonement to win the Six Nations, and better still, another Grand Slam. Hurrah for that.
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