It’s hard to figure out where the Irish women’s rugby team went so badly wrong since beating New Zealand and reaching the semi-finals in the 2014 Rugby World Cup. The last 10 years haven’t been so much a roller-coaster of ups and downs as more of a fallen meteor that smashed to the ground.  The low point was certainly when the team lost 20-18 to Scotland and failed to qualify for the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup. For the first time, Ireland would not be at a Rugby World Cup competition. Just four years earlier, Ireland had hosted the 2017…

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