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Sunday Paper Review: Wales' win over England, leadership on the pitch and concussion in rugby

Shane Jennings and Chief Sports Writer with the Irish Daily Star Kieran Cunningham joined Joe Mol...
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15.12 27 Sep 2015


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Sunday Paper Review: Wales' win over England, leadership on the pitch and concussion in rugby

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15.12 27 Sep 2015


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Shane Jennings and Chief Sports Writer with the Irish Daily Star Kieran Cunningham joined Joe Molloy to look through the Sunday papers this afternoon. 

After an incredible day of rugby yesterday with Wales pulling off an unlikely victory over England, despite being ravaged by injuries, the papers were full of coverage of just how Warren Gatland's side managed to pull it off. 

As Jennings pointed out, the English contended that their discipline let them down in the end, but that throughout the whole game they kept giving Wales a chance to relieve the pressure as well as start an attack when they should have closed things out and seen the game through to the end from the commanding position that they were in. 

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While there was plenty of talk about England not having enough leaders on the pitch, Jennings highlighted that it was also a lack of experience that also cost them: "Pressure is a very difficult thing to handle, but that's where you need experienced players but that's where it showed. There's a lot of youth in the team in certain positions where they need hardened players".

After yet another book from Alex Ferguson, there was also more coverage of one of the greatest managers in the game, in particular his barbed comments about having "world class" players in his time at Manchester United. Dion Fanning covered the book as a whole in the Sunday Independent, and as Cunningham pointed out, he was one of many who weren't fans of the book.

Graeme Souness also discussed Ferguson's book and the classification of "world class" and who can fit into the category in The Sunday Times. Cunningham highlights that after the article it's still unclear what the term even means, and "the big surprise is Graeme didn't pick himself!" 

Finally, concussion was another talking point after a BBC investigation showed that there had been a big increase in the number of head injuries in rugby recently, which is not only a problem in rugby but also in the NFL and other sports. 


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