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Ireland are probably in the best position they have ever been to break through the glass ceiling and reach the Rugby World Cup semifinals after a ruthless 36-14 demolition of Scotland on Saturday.
With four wins from four in their pool, including an impressive 13-8 victory over defending champions South Africa, head coach Andy Farrell said his team would “have a spring in their step” for Saturday’s quarter-final with three-time champions New Zealand. We pick out three things to justify this bouncy Irish feeling:
“The way Irish rugby is set up, they could dominate world rugby for five or ten years,” said Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend following the chastening defeat. Some might claim Townsend was talking up his opponents to take the spotlight away from his second successive failure to guide the Scots to the knockout stages.
However, Townsend, like a good lawyer, backed it up with a sound argument.
“They are the number one team in the world and their pro rugby system is very strong and they have got an age group system that’s very strong,” he said.
Whether this prophecy has legs will get its first test at the Stade de France against an All Blacks side that is gunning for the Irish after going down to a historic home series defeat last year.
Farrell, who has guided the Irish to a national record run of 17 Test victories is — outwardly at least — extremely good at keeping a sense of perspective -SuperSport.
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