Preview: Scots tie the real test of Ireland character
RTÉ Sport Journalist It's been hard to flick through the papers or move the dial for the last two weeks without coming across a former international scoffing at the notion that a game against the worst team in Six Nations history was a test of character. Veni, vidi, vici, it certainly was not; Roman holiday is closer to the truth. Not only do Franco Smith's side, hammered 48-7 by Wales yesterday for a 31st consecutive Six Nations beating, look a third-rate outfit, they now look like many of their players don’t know some of the basic rules of the game.