NICE, France (Reuters) - Bleary eyed Ireland fans returned to work on Monday after a weekend celebrating their 13-9 win over South Africa like they had won the World Cup, but those with longer memories recognised it was a little early to start planning the Dublin bus parade.
Hovering in the background is Ireland's quarter-final curse, their spectacular failure to have ever won a knockout game in the history of the tournament, even when going into that phase on the back of massive pool wins.
