Previous Ireland World Cup squads have suffered from a lack of depth and Andy Farrell has tried to mitigate this. However, that advantage is eroded as the World Cup progresses and all the teams and coaches spend a lot of time together. We need a lot more of those to have a chance of winning the World Cup! Ireland should still be good enough to make their usual World Cup ceiling of the quarterfinal. The pity of it that a declining Ireland team may not be able to take advantage of that opportunity.