Wales won’t lie down but Ireland have too much quality to fall to a shock loss
Ireland’s Thomas Clarkson during the captain’s run at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
Two years ago, Ireland arrived in Cardiff having worked themselves into a bit of a state during their training camp in Portugal.
It was the first game of Warren Gatland’s second coming and he’d got some of the gang back together. Ireland hadn’t won a Six Nations game in Cardiff since 2013 and they arrived expecting an onslaught.