Sporting curses are made to be broken. The Boston Red Sox broke the ‘curse of the Bambino’ in 2004 and the Chicago Cubs ended ‘the curse of the Billy Goat’ in 2016. Although they did take 86 and 108 years respectively.
And actually, despite reaching 11 GAA Football All-Ireland finals since they were put under the ‘curse of ‘51’, Mayo are still yet to reclaim the Sam Maguire Cup. In retrospect, maybe Ireland shouldn’t look too closely at other hexes ahead of this Rugby World Cup.
