{"id":296523,"date":"2026-02-13T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/296523\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:48:07","slug":"brett-igoe-ireland-used-to-kill-teams-at-turbo-speed-now-we-cant-execute-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/296523\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Igoe: Ireland used to kill teams at turbo speed. Now we can&#8217;t execute it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>You know that feeling when you\u2019re scrolling through old photos on your phone and stumble across yourself from 10 years ago looking fit, tanned, confident and you think \u201cwhat the hell happened?\u201d That\u2019s basically what it\u2019s like watching Ireland play rugby right now.\u00a0 France\u2019s first try in the Stade de France on Thursday night, that\u2019s the moment you could see exactly what\u2019s gone wrong for Andy Farrell. For the first 12 minutes, Ireland looked comfortable with the pace of the game. France were playing structured rugby at moderate tempo, nothing Ireland couldn\u2019t handle. Then France shifted gears. Not gradually. Instantly.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>    &#13;<br \/>\n        <a class=\"restricted-content__logo\" href=\"https:\/\/thecurrency.news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thecurrency.news\/wp-content\/themes\/currency-theme\/assets\/img\/Monogram-dark.svg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"290\" height=\"246\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n        <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>For a limited time, get your first month for \u20ac1 and unlock full access to The Currency and The Wall Street Journal \u2013 two premium memberships, one subscription.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/thecurrency.news\/pricing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Cancel at any time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hide_mobile\">Are you already a member? .<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;\n    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; You know that feeling when you\u2019re scrolling through old photos on your phone and stumble across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-296523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296523","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=296523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}