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Sat 10 Oct 2007We can't afford not to changeThe price of failure: Gerry Thornleyon how the value of Irish rugby, Team Ireland and the players has plummeted in the wake of our disastrous showing in FranceIt's still hard to credit how and where it all went wrong. Rewind to those two competitive performances against New Zealand in the summer of 2006 and the wins - even if they were over-rated - against an experimental Australia and a second-string South Africa. But then, recalling the inconsistent performances in the Six Nations, maybe that's where the problems originated.