John Egan states the case for patience with Ireland's youth revolution

"It’s kind of mind-blowing, because people have got to realise what age these guys are," the Ireland defender says

John Egan believes the future is bright for Ireland’s young guns. Picture: Inpho/Bagu Blanco

Youth policies don’t always have to be long-term strategies.

Alex Ferguson once made a mockery of the conviction that you can’t win anything with kids and France claimed the last World Cup, in Russia three years ago, with the third youngest of the 32 squads in terms of average age.