Generations of Ireland’s best players have never known what it’s like to win a Rugby World Cup knockout match.
, such has been the magnitude of their success since the last World Cup in Japan. But, first, they have to get out of a pool including South Africa and Scotland then endure a week of questions about their historic inability to take another step.
Success is conditional, as one of Ireland’s greatest, Paul O’Connell, explained in his biography about their goals for his fourth and last World Cup in 2015: “Success for us would be playing to our potential. I’d like to make the semifinal, and see what happens from there. Having said that, I’d be devastated if we made the semifinal and played poorly in it.”Irish bigwigs were some of the biggest opponents of the Rugby World Cup.
Ireland has more big characters ready to go in France after its best preparation yet for a Rugby World Cup. Lessons have been heeded and more wins accumulated than ever. But Ireland knows there are no guarantees. If it advances from its pool again, waiting in the quarterfinals are likely to be familiar barriers: Either tournament host France or New Zealand.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.
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