The David Corkery column: Ireland won't win the Rugby World Cup but at least confidence is restored ahead of Japan

In order to win a World Cup in any sport, you must be prepared to roll the dice from time to time and at this point in Schmidt’s reign, it seems highly unlikely that he will change.

This was basically his polite way of saying that Ireland are unable to play an expansive game.

The odds of winning the Euro Millions are 1 in 139,838,160 and it has been won in Ireland on 14 occasions since 2004, so nothing is impossible.
