The Irish Inquisition has Begun!
The Irish Inquisition has Begun!
We all expected it and now it’s happened a review of the teams lacklustre peformance in France. This years World Cup saw scrappy wins over Namibia and Georgia, a thorough beating from the French and the Irish boys on the plane home at the end of the knockout stages.
An IRFU statement released on Friday read:
“The IRFU Committee has set up a Review Group, chaired by the President Der Healy, to manage the process and to bring the findings to the IRFU Committee where they will be evaluated and decisions taken as to how to address any issues that arise.
“To ensure that the review is thorough and effective the IRFU has engaged an independent consultant, Brian Porteous of Genesis Consulting, to carry out a detailed fact finding exercise through confidential consultations with the team management, IRFU administration and others.
“He will be able to retain outside expertise to assist in specialist areas as he sees fit. He will report his findings to the Review Group and the IRFU Committee.
“Following discussion between IRUPA and IRFU, Genesis will also be conducting an independent and confidential survey of players’ views by means of questionnaire and interviews.
“As is normal practice, the IRFU Appointments Committee will meet the National Coach and receive his report and they will then subsequently present their report to the Review Group.
“This process will ensure that all relevant factual information can be gathered and that all personnel involved in the preparation for and participation in RWC 2007 are debriefed in a thorough and professional manner for an effective outcome.”
On the review, Philip Browne, Chief Executive of the IRFU commented:
“This will be a very thorough procedure, designed to professionally and methodically assess performance in all aspects of our preparation and participation in RWC 2007 and to identify lessons to be learnt for the future.”
It is anticipated that the review will only take a matter of months to complete.
[...] reported that the inquisition would take a matter of months, since then there has been complete resolute silence (as is normal [...]