“Twickenham feels more than two weeks ago, to be honest ya,” said Donal Lenihan, and he wasn’t wrong. Maybe it’s because enough has been happening on our planet since then to fill a lifetime, although, to be honest with ya, it feels like this entire Six Nations campaign began six months ago. That’s largely because of how followers of this Ireland team have been put through the emotional wringer. You know yourself: from doom to delirium… and, well, back again when they were only 12-10 up at half-time against Wales. “The fickle nature of sport,” as Jacqui Hurley put it. “Yeah, we were down in the dumps,” said Stephen Ferris, “and then they delivered an absolute whopper in Twickenham.” And in...
