Wallabies legend George Gregan runs the rule over Ireland and Australia ahead of tonight's Autumn Nations Series clash in Dublin.
George Gregan in action against Ireland in 2005. Image: Tom Honan/INPHO GEORGE GREGAN LOOKS at Ireland’s recent run of form and delivers a word of warning.
Gregan is on the topic of World Cups because for the last year, every big Ireland Test game has been framed around what it might mean come France 2023. “It’s about the mindset of your players going into it, thinking, ‘OK, it’s a new tournament’ and that’s the really hard thing about a World Cup, when you finally get there it’s a seven-week sprint and what you’ve done before that, to be fair, really doesn’t matter.
“I like my golf and I watched Cam Smith win his Major , he knew he had to birdie five holes in a row and get it done. “The opportunity is there, you either do it or you don’t, and once you’ve done it the mindset is, ‘Oh, we can do this’.“You either win and you go forward or you go home and so it starts getting serious then. Break through that wall and they’ll be very hard to beat because they’ve got the pedigree of playing very good rugby.”“I think Andy Farrell has done a great job, there’s no doubting that,” he continues.
“On any given day they can beat anyone, that’s the frustrating piece for Dave Rennie and the team. It’s just backing up those good performances, I think that’s the challenge.
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