What a difference a day makes in International rugby. On Saturday morning Ireland was a team under performing and under fire as they rolled out one stilted performance after another under the hapless Kidney.
A day later and they are back to being world beaters [(c) Irish Independent] thanks to an exhausted Argentina and a wonderfully inspiring performance form Ulster’s own Craig Gilroy. A performance of such magnitude that every touch from the Ulster youngster had the sanitised bowl that is the Aviva Stadium (it will never be Lansdowne Road to me) shimmering in excitement.
It was unfortunate for Argentina that this match corresponded with Gilroy’s first cap as I feel even this lack lustre pack of Pumas would have had the bite to see off the boring and predictable Ireland that featured against South Africa. Instead they came up against a youngster bristling with intent and determined to show case his . . .
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