In Ireland’s sole defeat by Italy back in 2013 in Rome, a rash of injuries and yellow cards left Ireland down to 13 men at one point and Peter O’Mahony playing on the left wing in the second half. The shoe was on the other foot at the Aviva on Sunday when O’Mahony led Ireland to a facile and somewhat futile 57-6 win over an Italian side reduced to 13 men for the final hour.
Afterwards, the Irish captain could scarcely conceal his frustration.
“We want to be ruthless but we weren’t, certainly, in the last 20 minutes of the first half and parts of the second half. We weren’t accurate and we should have made life more difficult for a team that were down to 13 and 12 players …
- February 28, 2022
