the bizarre world of rugby

The rain begins to lash down as Ireland send a monster high ball down on Olly Morgan's head. He catches cleanly and calls for the mark before sparking a break with Harry Ellis. Ireland scuttle back to stop the attack but England get a penalty for Paul O'Connell's high tackle on Jonny Wilkinson. The fly-half finds touch but nothing immediate comes from it.

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[Richard Nash]

Oh my, Carl, how it warms the cockles to hear this. The greatest shellacking the Irish have ever given the English in rugby history, in Croke Park, no less. (Believe it or not, yes, the Publisher of Soft Skull Press played five years of high school rugby in Ireland, as a second row, and then as a wing forward...)