Gallant Irish pick the positives from wreck

There is no good way to lose but the manner of some defeats make them even worse than others.

This was one of those kick-yourself losses that keeps players awake at night and give managers nightmares, all the more so when it happens in a fixture of this importance.

All those days spent preparing in Malahide, Montecatini, Budapest, Gdynia and Poznan. All those training sessions and DVD’s.