Gordon D’Arcy to retire from Ireland and Leinster after the World Cup

• ‘It is a decision that I have not come to lightly,’ says D’Arcy• Ian McCourt: the Joy of Six: drop goals in rugby unionIreland’s Gordon D’Arcy has announced that he will retire from professional rugby after the World Cup later this year.D’Arcy, 35, posted an open letter revealing the decision on Leinster’s official website. The centre has won 81 Ireland caps for his country and also toured with the British and Irish Lions to New Zealand in 2005 and South Africa four years later. D’Arcy also helped Ireland win a Six Nations Grand Slam in 2009 and the Six Nations title last season. Continue re…