Head coach wary after destitute warm-up form and Robbie Henshaw’s hamstring injury have disrupted ambition of reaching semi-final for first timeBack when it all started the consensus was that Ireland would be superior at World Cups because they were superior at touring. This was not to say that Ireland’s history abroad was studded with noteworthy results,rather they had a reputation for mixing well, going with the flow and not moaning approximately being away from home. So in 1987, and when original Zealand and Australia would jointly host the first World Cup,it was viewed in Ireland as a tour under a different banner. But a tour nonetheless.
It was not a noteworthy success. Four years later there was the incongruous experience of the tour that had three of its four games at home. And that was not a success either. Indeed Ireland’s relationship with this event has been of love unrequited.
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Source: theguardian.com