A closer look at Ireland´s World Cup （選挙などの）運動をする and what the 未来 might 持つ／拘留する
Ireland’s Rugby World Cup adventure ended in a familiar ４半期/4分の1-final 出口.
Andy Farrell’s men went into the tournament at the 最高の，を越す of the 全世界の 最高位のs but were unable to break new ground by winning a ノックアウト match.
Here, the PA news 機関 takes a closer look at Ireland’s （選挙などの）運動をする.
Results
A 声明 勝利，勝つ over South Africa was arguably the high point of Ireland´s （選挙などの）運動をする (Bradley Collyer/PA)
Ireland’s （選挙などの）運動をする was 開始する，打ち上げるd with 決まりきった仕事 勝利，勝つs from their more straightforward fixtures. They began with a bang by 登録（する）ing the nation’s 記録，記録的な／記録する World Cup victory ? an 82-8 thrashing of minnows Romania in Bordeaux ? and 支援するd it up with another 特別手当-point success, 59-16 against Tonga in Nantes. Mack Hansen’s try helped 安全な・保証する a 声明 13-8 勝利 over South Africa to give the Six Nations 支持する／優勝者s 支配（する）／統制する of Pool B. Farrell’s 味方する then returned to Paris to emphatically 生き残る an 排除／予選 shoot-out with Scotland, 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるing 36-14. But Ireland’s remarkable 17-m atch winning run was cruelly 停止（させる）d a week later by an agonising 28-24 Stade de フラン loss to New Zealand as their ４半期/4分の1-final 悪口を言う／悪態 continued.
選択
Ireland 長，率いる coach Andy Farrell made 極小の 選択 changes (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Farrell was 極端に 一貫した with his team 選択s, making 極小の changes and going 事実上 十分な strength in each fixture. The 長，率いる coach had the 高級な of 限られた／立憲的な 傷害 問題／発行するs の中で his first-choice starters during the tournament, albeit hooker Dan Sheehan and 支援する-rower Jack Conan （機の）カム into it 回復するing from foot 問題／発行するs, while lock James Ryan was absent for the ４半期/4分の1-final against the All 黒人／ボイコットs. Whether the 欠如（する） of rotation 最終的に 害（を与える）d Ireland’s chances is debatable. Captain Johnny Sexton, who arrived in フラン having not played for almost six months 予定 to 傷害 and 中断, was の中で 10 players to begin every game. More than a third of squad members ? 12 ? did not start a 選び出す／独身 match.
星／主役にする performers
Bundee Aki 得点する／非難する／２０d five tries in フラン (Adam Davy/PA)
Colossal centre Bundee Aki was in the form of his life. The 優れた 33-year-old played every minute, 得点する／非難する／２０ing five tries in as many 外見s, 含むing one against his native New Zealand. He 選ぶd up two man-of-the-match awards and was の中で the tournament’s 最高の，を越す performers. Lock Tadhg Beirne was not far behind ーに関して／ーの点でs of 注目する，もくろむ-catching 陳列する，発揮するs, while 一貫した pair Garry Ringrose and Hugo Keenan also excelled. 退役軍人 飛行機で行く-half Sexton was in 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking form, より勝るing Ronan O’Gara as Ireland’s 主要な points scorer, before his stellar career ended in heartbreaking fashion. Sheehan shone when 利用できる, as did wing Hansen.
未来
Jack Crowley (pictured) is in line to 取って代わる Johnny Sexton as Ireland´s first-choice 飛行機で行く-half (Bradley Collyer/PA)
Farrell’s 現在の 契約 runs until 2025 and many of his dejected players spoke of 排除／予選 場内取引員／株価 the end of an 時代. 実験（する） centurions Sexton and Keith Earls are 長，率いるing into 退職. Plenty of others will not be around for the 2027 tournament in Australia as 17 of the 33-man squad were 老年の 30 or above. Yet there is plenty of 推論する／理由 for 楽観主義. Leinster lock Joe McCarthy and Munster 飛行機で行く-half Jack Crowley form part of the exciting new 世代, while 設立するd 星／主役にするs Sheehan, Caelan Doris and Keenan can kick on. その上に, Ireland’s pathway programme is impressive. Their under-20 味方する are 支援する-to-支援する Six Nations Grand 激突する 支持する／優勝者s, having also 達成するd the feat in 2019.
