Road to glory

The shopping list of items included better analysis of their own and their opponents’ games, a more coherent approach to defense and attack, and more communication with the squad. As Wood spoke, O’Sullivan ticked boxes on the sheet he was using for notes.
Reading about this encounter in Brendan Fanning’s excellent new book “From There to Here; Irish rugby in the professional era,” the first couple to come to mind were Robbie Keane and Steve Staunton. No matter how much I tried, I couldn’t envisage the current Irish soccer captain and manager sitting down for a serious t