Robbie Fleck believes Ireland's Six Nations credentials will be put in context when they tackle the world champions in July.
Robbie Fleck is the latest former Springbok who believes Ireland’s Six Nations credentials will be put in context when they tackle the world champions in July.Fleck joined the debate, discussing the Six Nations with host Hanyani Shimange and ex-Boks Schalk Burger and Jean de Villiers on World Rugby’s latest instalment of“You need the traditional guys to be strong. Pretty disappointing England. France have been disappointing as well. So there’s only one team in it really,” he said.
“Everyone talks about the Irish now being No 1 in the world, but they can’t be because they are not playing against quality opposition. “Yes, we’ll see when we play Ireland in the Tests, but for now the Six Nations has been disappointing in terms of the overall product. “There’s one really good genuine side in the Irish team and they deserve that, they are very well coached, they’ve got quality players, but England have been disappointing, France have been disappointing.”This content is not behind a paywall and it is Habari Media's commitment that it remains so and access to the content is free.