02.13.07
No grand slam for Ireland again
The 2007 Six Nations has had me - again - hoping for the unlikey - an Irish Grand Slam. Surely, the team that had back to back victories over Australia and South Africa could handle France. Well, no they couldn’t.
The one thing the Irish are world champions at is tragedy. They look like they’re going to do it, then fail heroically. Mind you, if I’m honest, there was nothing heroic in the missed tackles that gave France a try one minute to time, just complacency. Two minutes earlier, when Ireland didn’t believe the game was in their hands, that try would have been impossible.
Oh well. As long as they beat England, all is forgiven.