Colin Sheridan: Rugby is an OK game propped up by commerce - nothing more nothing less

Compared to practically every other team sport played by kids around this country, it is a game that is propped up - not by community - but by commerce

Sam Cane of New Zealand is tackeld in the in goal area by James Lowe and Bundee Aki.

When it comes to the Irish rugby team playing rugby, I feel honesty is the best policy. I don't mind them winning, but it’s much more fun when they lose. It was not always this way. There was a time when their losses impacted my mood, however fleetingly.

I used to ruminate over squad selections. I lamented our style of play. I knew IRFU blazers by name. I read Mick Doyle. Rugby country was not a thing back then, or if it was, it was subterranean. Being a citizen was an admission of guilt rather than a point of pride.