Not great for him admittedly but this is competitive sport, it’s the nature of it.
Differing opinions!!! Lots of DN fans here. I'm happy that ye all think he was a success! My opinion is he wasn't as successful as he should have been. He was imo, a mixed bag. I'm hoping Humphreys does well.
Think back to Toner not making the 2019 RWC because Joe went with someone else, very last minute.
Fair comment. Who was the French 7s player bumped out of their squad to make room for Dupont ?.
Would it be any different for a player who doesn't make the 15s World Cup Squad?
Everyone except the player who gets bumped out of the squad after years of preparation for the Olympics in favour of a player arriving (back) at the last minute.
Agreed, the post you quoted has me saying he was good for Irish Rugby. I agree rugby is in a much better place than when I used to watch it on B&W one channel TV.
This isn't me thinking/hoping that we'd do better, it's the IRFU themselves who set out their strategic plan. They haven't met their own KPIs in that plan
Both statements can be correct.
Also, the IRFU instigated this review and recommended changes so they themselves have seen failures and want to address them.
Munster won URC last year
Leinster in 5th European final in 7 seasons
Connacht getting redevelopment in sports grounds
Ulster Are not in a great place atm but there is some green shoots there
Womens game has turned a corner. Long way to go but there is signs of progress.
Sevens programmes are going well
U20s have been going great the last few years
Leinster sold 170000 tickets for 3 games in 5 weeks recently.
Do the IRFU get everything right. No absolutely not. But Rugby as a sport has grown exponentially in the minds of people in the last few years. When Sexton said "we lost, but we won' he was referring to the bigger picture of the sport here. That bigger picture is the long term growth of interest in the sport.
Haters gonna hate.
Women rugby was been run by Anthony Eddy, the decision was to focus on 7s because the lack of players, it was also easier to convert people from other sports into 7s than into rugby 15s players
They have got to a Olympics. Is that not a success from a sport that didn't exist a few years ago?
Yes all the 6 nations wins during his tenure was a failure
Seriously I just can't figure out how one of the people at the head of such a successful period for Irish rugby is hated by fans
It was the union I expect who approached him
They also took a ex-GAA player into the ladies, was that "pretty shi**y" as well?
How is that on Nucifora?
His job isn’t to pick the team, he’s not the mental skills coach and he can’t play the matches.
His job was to put in the best position possible to win the RWC. We entered the tournament as one of the favourites to win, as (deservedly) #1 team in the world and went into our quarter final as favourites to beat NZ.
To repeat: An Ireland team were favourites in a World Cup game against New Zealand. I can’t believe people need to be convinced that the guy was a success.
Did you watch Irish rugby in the 90s?
Did you know that over 10 years of the 5 Nations from 1990-99 we won 8 games. That’s 8 out of 40. One year we won 2 games (1993), in no other year did we win more than 1 and 3 years we won 0.
If you told rugby fans back then that we’d be sitting here in 2024 in the position we’re currently in people would have thought you were insane.
The entitlement of some fans is off the charts.
100% he's been good for Irish Rugby but let's not pretend he or the IRFU is flawless. He/they have missed out on most of their own KPIs, twice in the RWCs.
Women's Rugby was set back by their actions/inactions, their current contracts are a shambles.
I heard it was actually Nucifora that held up Kelleher that time.
Nonsense. We lost a QF by a single score to New Zealand.
He has overall, been a huge success
I disagree. We still flamed out when it mattered.
Nucs has been simultaneously a right royal pain in the a*× and probably the best thing that has happened to pro rugby in Ireland.
Humphreys can be in no doubt that to get the HP Dir done he will incur the bile of every province.
Irish rugby is the strongest it has ever been. Yes or no?
He was successful if you ignore the IRFU's own KPIs.
Yes we won the 6Ns back to back but that was only part of their KPIs.
Women's Rugby was shoddily treated, we made zero progress in our effort to get past a RWC QF, their stated results for the URC & CC were a failure.
He was high performance director in our highest performing period ever.
He was incredibly, unbelievably successful
this is a genuinely bizarre take.
It’s a win win for literally everyone and you’ve managed to see nothing but bad in it.
Come on man, it’s a fantastic story
Did you watch (or have you read about) Irish rugby in the 90s, to take just one example?
Humphrey is now on the clock?
Off topic, and I've no crystal ball, but I'm happy to see Nucifore exit. I would say he accomplished a little but, was mostly a failure.
It's pretty **** that Keenan is doing this. He's bumping someonemore deserving. The union should tell him no thanks.
Are u at premium fighting weight?
I would read pretty much nothing into Larmour playing 15 given it was an on the day replacement. Obviously Farrell rates frawley at 15 higher than I do.
Lowry is not an international fullback.
Joe McCarthy wins the Ireland Players Young Player of the Year. Well deserved. He's been phenomenal this season.
JOB is likely going as first choice FB so Nash is going up against Hansen for a jersey but I’d expect him to travel.
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