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Friday, 26 February 2010

Geoghegan confident of Irish victory

Former Irish rugby player Simon Geoghegan has said he would be surprised if Ireland didn't come out victorious when they take on England in the RBS 6 Nations clash at Twickenham on Saturday.

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In the 1994 Five Nations match against England at Twickenham, Simon Geoghegan scored a try which led to Ireland's famous 13-12 win over the side who hadn't been beaten at home in six years.

Speaking to UTV, Geoghegan said he was confident Ireland could nudge their RBS 6 Nations campaign back on track with a win over England.

"At this stage I would like to think that we have a better team than them now, things have completely changed in the last ten years," he told UTV.

"I think that the only problem is that England have home advantage tomorrow and they have the momentum because they have won two matches.

"But I think man for man we have the best players in the team and I would be surprised if we didn't win the game tomorrow."

The champions saw their Grand Slam defence crumble in Paris a fortnight ago when tournament favourites France cruised to a surprisingly one-sided 33-10 victory.

"You can never tell in rugby and the thing is you can never tell in the five nations, or six nations now, as there was always a result that was a strange or quirky result and it was the same when I played," he told UTV.

"I just hope that it is not going to happen tomorrow and I hope we can go ahead and win that match."

"But I think we are a better team, we have better players, and I can't see that we will lose the game tommorrow."