Hugh Farrelly has high hopes for Ireland in 2010 - starting with Connacht in the Heineken Cup and ending with those pesky All Blacks - in The Irish Independent.
"Last year's wish-list didn't work out too badly. That compilation centred around the abandonment of the most heinous of the ELV laws and once that wish was granted, everything else was a bonus.
"The game is still riddled with enough kick-backs to satisfy the most corrupt politician but is still far better than its horrendous ELV incarnation.
"There has been a welcome return to basics and a re-emphasis on rugby's core values, notably up front, and to the Aussie-driven, TV revenue-hunting ELV conspirators the message could be (in Eamon Dunphy vernacular): "The maul is back baby, deal with it."
RSS feed
