JOE Schmidt regrets Ireland’s planning for the World Cup becoming a “self-consuming monster” which contributed to a loss of form in the build-up.
Ireland’s campaign ended again at the quarterfinals stage with a 46-14 defeat by New Zealand.
“If I had one regret it’s the fact we talked about it a year ago,” he said. “We built up to it and went away from our week to week focus.
“Maybe we built it into something that became a bit of a self-consuming monster because we didn’t play as well as we could.
“I have to take responsibilit...