Here is what Brian O’ Driscoll has to say about this week and Friday’s match:
“It’s a fairly big week for both sides. It’s enormous.
“There were some big moments in previous World Cups, Lions tours and Six Nations, but they’re all behind us.
“So, as far as I’m concerned, this is the biggest week. I can’t say it’ll be the biggest week forever but this is a colossal match.
More here
…Whilst I’m in Paris, and if I get near him, there’s going to be a slap issued. Not for Ireland’s performance thus far in the world cup, but, for this comment:
‘It’s a big week that’s for sure, although I’m not sure it’s my biggest week,’ said O’Sullivan.
You can read the rest of the interview here
HOW can this not be O’ Sullivan’s biggest week in his career?! The best prepared Irish team ever to enter a world cup are on the verge of being knocked out of that competition in the pool stages. I know if I were in that position, I’d be sweating it, thinking that my entire career is going to hinge on this moment. Obviously though, bringing this team to a quarter / semi final like they should be is not all too high in Eddie’s priorities however, he’s got bigger fish to fry by the sounds of it!
Ok, there’s only so much you can take without saying anything. I’ve had my fill. I’d like to ask what the fuck Eddie O’ Sullivan is playing at now. Ireland’s rugby world cup campaign up to now has been a complete disaster. Right from the pre-tournament warm up matches, to our performance against the ‘minnows’ of World rugby in the form of Namibia and Georgia. We have been an absolute disgrace, the laughing stock of the so called established countries.
By the end of the Georgia match on Saturday night, I was actually shouting for Georgia. To see them put Ireland away would have put us out of our misery, instead of living in hope that we are going to beat France and Argentina over the next few weeks. What’s going on inside the squad, and more importantly, Eddie O’ Sullivan’s head is hard to fathom. Where every other team and manager competing in the WRC is prepared to use their entire 30 man squad, rotating players, and using impact players off the bench through games, EOS is sticking to the same game plan that he has done for the past few years, sticking to a tried and trusted 15 and leaving some of the best players out there sitting on the bench. The name Geordan Murphy springs to mind! Here is probably one of the most gifted attacking full backs in Northern Hemisphere rugby, left sitting on the bench for the first two games when we were really in need of some attacking dynamism, and, quite astonishingly, now dropped entirely from the bench in favour of a man being drafted into the squad with no major match experience behind him.
Serious questions need to be asked of EOS, the IRFU and the millions being spent on prepping the most experienced Irish squad to ever compete in a world cup. Supporters (myself included) have spent a small fortune following and supporting this team, through the years as well as through this world cup campaign. To have spent so much hard earned cash to see a ‘performance’ such as this is galling. People need to be held account for this, questioned, pressured and made explain all that went wrong, and if need be, removed from their position for massive under-performance. The IRFU need to learn that people will not stand up and tolerate seeing their beloved sport ruined by incompotence. The sport of rugby, flourishing around the world and in Ireland is being made a laughing stock and the sport will be seriously damaged by this. Thankfully, at least in Ireland, we aren’t going to loose any support to rugby’s main rival, soccer!
Ok, last post about it I promise! If you missed, or indeed want to watch the documentary “Reaching for Glory: Inside Irish Rugby 07″, you should take yourself over to cdworld.ie who have the DVD on-sale for EUR 20. My copy has already been ordered and should be out with me over the next few days. Cheers for the pointer Mike! 
Well, I said it would be unmissable, and how right was I?! Last night, I watched Reaching for Glory: Inside Irish Rugby 07 and I was completely blown away by it. Not only was it a brilliantly put together documentary, with some amazing camerawork and a kick ass soundtrack to go along with it, but, the levels of access that the crew were given to the inner workings of the Irish Rugby Team were unbelievable. I’m not sure if there’s going to be a re-run or DVD released for it, but, for now, you can check out some clips on YouTube via the Reaching for Glory: Inside Irish Rugby 07 site.
This is without doubt my favourite, giving some insight into the work-rate that goes into becoming one of the worlds best rugby teams:
Tomorrow (Monday) evening, at 21:30, every Irish Rugby Fan should be glued to their TV and tuned into RTE1 in order to watch “Reaching for Glory: Inside Irish Rugby 07″.
This is a fly-on-the-wall documentary following the Irish rugby team as they allow a camera crew unprecedented access to their preparations for the gruelling RBS Six Nations campaign. The advertisments on the TV for it look amazing, especially listening to Paul O’ Connell shouting at his team-mates, asking them “did you put the fear of god in them”. Sounds like an absolutely fascinating insight into the inner workings of the Irish Rugby Team.
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