Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson and Nathan Collins during a press conference at the Stade de Luxembourg. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Nathan Collins believes the pain of last November’s nightmare in Wembley has created the hunger that can power Ireland’s World Cup campaign.
The Ireland skipper has pinpointed the five-goal thrashing as an important staging point in the development of the side, suggesting that it paved the way for a reset and winter of reflection that has helped to generate an upturn.