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Tue 06 Jun 2010Sun beginning to set on the golden generation
THE PROBLEM with the golden year of 2009 was always going to be how to follow it up. That’s what happens when you increase expectations. Of course, Irish rugby was never likely to repeat the clean sweep of last season, not this season or any in the future for that matter.
In a way, Ireland, Leinster and Munster having been contenders across the board, this season of near misses and what-might-have-beens underlines what a truly phenomenal campaign the 2008-09 season was.
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