Scotland v Ireland: We will not be complacent, insists Paul O'Connell, ahead of Six Nations clash at Murrayfield
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Scotland v Ireland: We will not be complacent, insists Paul O'Connell, ahead of Six Nations clash at Murrayfield
It ought to be easy for Ireland.
They come as reigning champions, they are ranked third in the world, they have won 10 of their last 11 games and they are up against a Scotland side who have yet to get off the mark in this year’s Six Nations.
What could they possibly have to fear? On paper, nothing.
Yet Paul O’Connell has been round the Test rugby block often enough to know that these Celtic cousins have a habit of levelling the playing field.
His mind goes back to 2010, Ireland’s last game at Croke Park, when a bucket of whitewash dangled over the Scots and Ireland were on the cusp …
They come as reigning champions, they are ranked third in the world, they have won 10 of their last 11 games and they are up against a Scotland side who have yet to get off the mark in this year’s Six Nations.
What could they possibly have to fear? On paper, nothing.
Yet Paul O’Connell has been round the Test rugby block often enough to know that these Celtic cousins have a habit of levelling the playing field.
His mind goes back to 2010, Ireland’s last game at Croke Park, when a bucket of whitewash dangled over the Scots and Ireland were on the cusp …
