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100% agree on this. How many are wrong side of 30.It only takes one game for you to notice it but when you do it hits you like a tonne of bricks. Ireland are an old team.
There's no recrimination in this because the lads who I have in mind owe us nothing but there are half a dozen players i wouldn't pick again.
Congrats to the Kiwis. Felt embarrassed for us at the start when they played half the national anthem.
This Irish team are on the way down from a peak and in decline. I don't mean that negatively. The challenge now is transitioning to the next era as smooth.
JGP was Irelands best player tonight. It was the older lads who looked like they wanted it more. Not a dig at Leinster as they are a fine run province but I think it bad for Ireland as a whole to have everything nearly operated from there. The other provinces need to raise game because even Leinster don't benefit from being so far ahead. Alot of younger lads have no edge. I think that is why Leinster needs foreign guys to get over line winning trophies, why Munster are not getting up to top tier and why other 2 are in shits.