Straight to the POINT.

NOW the dust has settled Ion another Six Nations, perhaps the IRFU might enlighten us as to the reasoning behind the playing of the National Anthem at home matches that is deemed unworthy of being heard on foreign fields. More important, will the publicly funded IRFU persist with this during the forthcoming World Cup? JAMES CONNOLLY HERON, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]