#ThanksMads
The news that
Ian Madigan is off to France this summer to join Bordeaux Bègles in the French Top 14 (just in time for Ireland v Belgium in Euro 2016 on 18 June maybe!) wasn't wholly unexpected but it has still raised plenty of talking points about the state of Irish rugby.
Overall, it's a resoundingly positive, if rueful reaction from Irish rugby fans to Madigan's big decision:
https://twitter.com/WhosAdrianBarry/status/681491035877408769
https://twitter.com/SamanthaC86/status/681492903231905793
https://twitter.com/jamieparry85/status/681492396887130114
BOD wasn't passing up yet another opportunity to have a dig at Adam Ashley-Cooper:
https://twitter.com/BrianODriscoll/status/681486288638328833
But he also had this to say:
https://twitter.com/BrianODriscoll/status/681494195379515392
Many wondered why he couldn't play for another Irish province:
https://twitter.com/SNBracken/status/681492352842756098
https://twitter.com/leeodonnell3/status/681492110336520193
There was inevitably fingers pointed at Met Éireann:
https://twitter.com/MickeyJoeV/status/681492486045478912
And there was obviously some tributes to The Hair:
https://twitter.com/Inphosports/status/681493018675933184
So long Mads.
