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Would you agree that "Golden age" of Irish rugby is over?

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    #62
    Shehal
    Registered Users Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭Shehal


    No , we are still in the Golden Age

    I suspect if Ireland win the series in SA we'll move from a doomsday thread like this to "Have Ireland peaked too soon" like the clip of our fingers.



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    #63
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,519 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Depth in NZ is as thin as it ever was. Players in their mid 20s are leaving for better money, whereas that was generally the preserve of the twilight all black.

    france put all the eggs into winning the RWC basket, and failed. They are rebuilding, though not on the scale that Lievremont did. Their depth is not increasing pro rata to ours, its pretty much the same as its always been.

    personally i have no problem with letting the likes of Healy, Kleyn and Frisch fall through the cracks if it means unearthing (potentially) better players like Crowley, Joe Mac and Osbourne.

    There is no sign at all that there will be an exodus abroad by players. the vast majority of players to move to england or france over the last few years were never near being test level players, and theyre the ones we should be letting go to make room for, again potentially, better players.



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