It's all about the rugby!

The traditional St Patrick's game at the Madejski is very much the Marmite of the Irish season. Some love it, some hate it. It's hard to argue that as a club we shouldn't do it, it is invariably the highest gate of the season and a shop window to introduce new/occasional support to the "brand" (shudder). This year's, however was much less celebrated/complained about by either side of the argument because doom lies beyond Irish's next mis-step on the rugby field. Yes, boys and girls, this was going to be the Holy Grail of St Patrick's games - one based around the rugby!