New Irish smugness a losing game
Last month, when Ireland were about to play Argentina at the
Rugby World Cup, the former French international Thomas
Castaignède wrote in the
Guardian newspaper that he was praying for "a great surge
of Irish pride". (An Irish victory would have suited the French.)
But then he reflected in sadness and bewilderment that, on the
basis of Ireland's other performances, this seemed unlikely: "I
can't get over how soulless Ireland seemed," writes
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