The latest from the Ireland camp in France, Ken Early on the Saudi disruptors and Ian O’Riordan on sticking with marathon training even if it goes off track
Denis Walsh’s column today drills down into the Holywood superstar’s complicated relationship with his home open over the years“Above all else,” Walsh writes, “the Irish Open needs the passion of the Irish players. It is fundamental to its make-up. Without that, what is it?”
The women’s Irish Open finished in an unlikely triumph for Danish 23-year-old Smilla Tarning Soenderby at Dromoland Castle on SundayPhilip Reid was there all week for us and his report includes a good chat with Leona Maguire, who finished in a tie for 14th. “I was wearing a lot of hats this week,” Maguire told him. “I had more than one job to complete this week. It’s one of those things, one of those weeks that it’s a bit bigger than yourself. I tried my best.
It’s also Romania week, with Ireland’s World Cup opener against the tournament minnows taking place this Saturday night.. And it’s pretty much all good news, which is nice. “When [Andy] Farrell and [Johnny] Sexton publicly declared the countdown to the World Cup began with their autumn home series two years ago, they could hardly have envisaged arriving at this juncture in such relatively rude health.”, both 31, both on the verge of their first World Cup, both anything but typical Irish rugby stories.
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