I actually think they should be made to play 2-3 games behind closed doors with the threat that if things continue they will be deducted points / thrown out of wc.
Kev's reason has to do with Lansdowne's riots actually. Apparently its all our fault that the hoolies got annoyed when we went ahead. Oh, and according to him Ireland are crap at football and would get beaten by England even though we usually beat England even when our team is weakened.....