The spirited displays from the Irish provincial teams in last weekend’s Heineken Champions Cup round of 16 pumped a shot of dopamine straight into the rugby community’s veins.
With a delicious hit of “the juice” coursing through the body of Irish rugby, a gentle amnesia descended across the land. Quality Irish performances in the round of 16 created the illusion that as long as our teams are doing okay, then the Heineken Cups round of 16 must, by logic, also be okay.
However, a small scratch under the surface tells us that what could occur this weekend is far from okay.
On Saturday night at Ravenhill, Ulster will run out with a perfect record of five …
- April 16, 2022
