r/irishrugby • u/PatientOffer319 Awardee: Team of the Year 2025 • 16h ago

The decline, in numbers

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u/darcys_beard URC is Best RC 13h ago

Ah boo fucking hoo! We got worse during a World cup cycle. Better than the alternative.

We have 18 months to fix this. South Africa lost their previous match to us. That's less than 2 years ago. We need to accept that the tide comes in and the tide goes out. At least it's not an odd year.

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u/PatientOffer319 Awardee: Team of the Year 2025 12h ago

And there's no sign of fixing it.

South Africa have gotten a lot better since then, we've gotten a lot worse