Will the real Ireland please stand up

SO who will Steve Staunton be at around five o’clock next Saturday: Brian Ashton or Eddie O’ Sullivan?

Nope, it’s not ‘Stars In Their Eyes’, just a thought prompted by a recent visit to Croker for that nice little rugby warmer-upper before the Main Event at GAA headquarters next week.

In case you didn’t happen to hear about it, Ireland’s oval ball merchants comfortably disposed of their English counterparts and, afterwards, your undercover soccer correspondent was on hand to experience the fine media facilities as the rival coaches came in to face the press.