Ryan Baird on life, golf and journey to becoming world-class

The torment from the World Cup began to ease when he made north, picked up a campervan in Antrim and picked off some of the best golf courses known to man.

BAIRD-IE: Ryan Baird took to Golf to ease his World Cup torment. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Caelan Doris found himself wondering how he would ever play again.

Andrew Porter fumed over the scrum penalties given against him in that quarter-final loss to New Zealand. Jimmy O’Brien couldn’t let it all go until the final was over a fortnight later.