{"id":24411,"date":"2025-09-16T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/24411\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T06:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T06:53:08","slug":"a-window-into-rich-potential-though-ireland-may-regret-flogging-dead-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/24411\/","title":{"rendered":"A window into rich potential though Ireland may regret flogging dead horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">\u2018A game of two halves\u2019 is a fitting clich\u00e9 to describe much of the rugby that took place over the weekend. We were treated to various spectacles across the women\u2019s and men\u2019s game, with the World Cup quarter-finals and Rugby Championship delivering plenty of entertainment across the board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Sadly, despite the most valiant of efforts against a side which, on paper, dwarfs our own in terms of playing and financial resources in the women\u2019s game, Ireland bowed out of their first World Cup since 2017 in heartbreaking fashion.<\/p>\n<p>This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IE Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4633150_1_org_IE_logo_modals.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"41\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\tUnlimited access. Half the price.<\/p>\n<p>Annual \u20ac120\u20ac60<\/p>\n<p class=\"best-value\">Best value<\/p>\n<p>Monthly \u20ac10\u20ac5 \/ month<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benefits image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4750392_1_org_Save_50_offer.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018A game of two halves\u2019 is a fitting clich\u00e9 to describe much of the rugby that took place&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3347,3348,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-24411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-irish-womens-rugby","tag-womensrwc","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}