Gordon D’Arcy discusses the loyalty of players towards Andy Farrell and the ups and downs of the Irish rugby squad under Joe Schmidt and Farrell.
Gordon D’Arcy : Players have seen that if they take the chance given by Andy Farrell , he will be fiercely loyal squad at a relatively low ebb following the 2019 World Cup in Japan, the culmination of a slow, steady descent from the summit of the previous year, which featured a Six Nations Grand Slam and a November Test victory over New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium.
Few would have anticipated that Joe Schmidt’s Ireland squad, ranked number one in the world, would endure a stuttering 2019 Six Nations. Worse was to follow at the World Cup where defeats to Japan and the All Blacks brought a disappointing conclusion to what had been for several years a very enjoyable and fulfilling period in Test rugby under the New Zealander. The initial returns under Farrell were modest in terms of the early results but, once ensconced, he quickly put his stamp on the style, content and personnel to brilliant effect, winning a Test series in New Zealand and a Grand Slam. The nature of the World Cup quarter-final defeat to the All Blacks was soul destroying because of the self-inflicted wound
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