The Ireland squad has prepared for the sweltering temperatures of western France. Now it must deal with the unfamiliar heat of being a Rugby World Cup title favorite.
at a World Cup, and has lost at that stage the last three times. Anything less than winning this tournament will likely be viewed as a bitter disappointment.
The Irish have been there ever since, winning a national record 13 games on the bounce up to now and sweeping aside challenges from the northern and southern hemisphere to make them the undoubted best team in the world on current form. “There are some really good strategies about how we’re going to deal with it. It’s certainly a factor, but we feel we’re ready.”
That kept the 38-year-old Sexton out of all of Ireland’s World Cup warmups and leaves him short of gametime. He’s likely to play some part against Romania to make up for that.
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