Spirit of 1981 needs to be reawakened – Ireland’s famous home win over France relied on crowd’s war cries
Evan Ferguson during an Ireland training session. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Tommy Conlon
Sport has a long and ignoble tradition of resorting to military metaphors in its despatches. It should not be encouraged.
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