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A bitter end to the glorious Schmidt years, Irish rugby must look to the GAA

: “After the unprecedented highs of 2018, this was no way for Rory Best’s career to finish or indeed Joe Schmidt’s. It was a bleak day indeed for all the squad. But this was another bad performance by a good team.” Ireland’s quarter-final defeat means they are still to reach the semis in nine attempts, with Schmidt admitting afterwards his side had become consumed by their goal of making it into the last four.

”has reflected on a night where Ireland were unable to place any doubt into the minds of the All Blacks, and where they were simply miles off the pace: “Ireland have been out of form for months and on Saturday looked like a team out of form for months, where timing and execution was a huge struggle.”.

 

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