JEREMY GUSCOTT

OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK

Injury prone: A fit Johnny Sexton is a game-changer for Ireland
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WITHOUT wanting to put a dampener on Ireland’s World Cup hopes there is no escaping that they have not managed to get past the quarter-finals in any tournament so far – and that to get to a semi-final this time they will have to beat either New Zealand or South Africa.
You have to say that with not many of their top players playing as well as they can there are now big question marks over their ability to do so. It is not so much a...