Ireland are trying too hard; Chelsea goalkeeper fined
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty ImagesIreland are looking a little weary, or leggy
, and have been afflicted by “trying-too-hard” syndrome. In his column this morning he continues: “they look like they could do with a good knees-up. They need to start enjoying their rugby again. In this, there has been idle talk of drawing comparisons with the weary and fraught World Cup campaign of 2007. It’s nothing like as bad as that. Honestly. And at least it’s happening now, and not in the World Cup.
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