How Ireland can cure World Cup hangover and fill Johnny Sexton void
The IndependentSign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A bounce of a ball, a flip of a coin, a perfectly timed Cheslin Kolbe charge-down or Sam Whitelock jackal: for a third men’s World Cup in a row, France and Ireland’s final fortnight was spent as spectators. It feels fitting for these two to hit the rest button on men’s international rugby with the first fully-fledged fixture since the World Cup’s conclusion, and a Six Nations opener that may yet prove this year’s defining, deciding game. open image in gallery Ireland and France both suffered World Cup heartbreak But the sense of the nouveau is best identified in the spaces left by those no longer here. The stadium, the atmosphere, it being the first game of the Six Nations after a World Cup, if you can’t get excited about that, you’re in the wrong place.
History of this topic
France going backward and coach Galthié seems unable to stop the slide in Six Nations
Associated PressDiscover Related
