Another Ireland victory and another Josh van der Flier man of the match gong. The ever-improving openside is building up quite the collection and as he kept on making his big carries, nine in total, and his tackles, his dozen led the way for Ireland again, it was clear that another one was coming his way long before the end.
As Andy Farrell put it: “Josh rolls on, doesn’t he?”
That said, there was an argument for giving it to van der Flier’s opposite number, the unyielding 23-year-old captain Michele Lamaro. One wondered if he could possibly maintain the intensity he demonstrated during “Il Canto degli Italiani”, the song of the Italians. But he did, and how, the injustice of bein …
- February 28, 2022
