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scraps when it is clearly much more difficult to achieve success globally in football than it is in rugby.

We are currently ranked No.60 in the world, whereas our opponents, Senegal, are ranked 19th. In rugby, Kazakhstan is the team ranked No.60.

Such is rugby's snobbery that Ireland have never played the Kazakhs in the oval ball game.

So you can't compare the Irish rugby team’s success with the foot-ball team’s recent struggles.

Because you aren't comparing like with like.