AT A time when almost all the pundits were queueing up to predict Ireland’s entry into the semi-finals at the expense of the All Blacks, a wise old Lion chose to take the path less trodden.
Graham Price is famous for a record which can never be equalled let alone surpassed, 12 consecutive Tests for the Lions on three successive tours. The junior member of the Pontypool front row has never been known as a soothsayer, until now. “Is this Ireland’s year?’’ he asked in his column for The Western Mail last Saturday. “They are the best team in the W...