A lacklustre performance on the part of O’Driscoll and the boys in green at Parc des Princes has seen Ireland fall to a 30-15 defeat which virtually everyone expected. Opponents Argentina now go through to play Scotland in the quarter finals.
I think the crushing defeat at the hands of France already sealed Ireland’s fate; 25-3 isn’t a loss, it’s an annihilation where Ireland is concerned. O’Gara’s up-and-unders just didn’t cut it for the side which embarrassed England during the Six Nations.
Others may disagree but I’d say Shane Horgan takes “Man of the Campaign” award for his sheer stopping power. It just wasn’t enough this time.
Better luck next time.
Welcome to “Though Cowards Flinch.”
This website was dreamed up by myself with the help of friends like Dan Ashton, a co-admin here, and was realised with the help of fellow left-wingers, Jeff Kiok and Adrian McMenamin. Myself and Dan chose the name because we felt it enshrined our view of Labour Politics.We felt too many people were willing to shrink from the responsibilities that go with being a left wing Labour supporter. Most recently, for us, this would be displayed by the rumoured inability of Trade Union leadership to fight for freedom of speech at Labour Conference.
Over the coming weeks, months and years, we’re going to invest a significant amount of time detailing those events in global politics and how we think they should be (or should have been) dealt with. Most importantly, we’ll explain why. In addition, friends with various interests will contribute to the site in a non-political way – with sports commentary or short stories or book reviews. We hope you’ll enjoy this and will come back for more.
“Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
we’ll keep the red flag flying here.”
Best wishes,
Dave Semple.
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