Italy’s 23-year-old Michele Lamaro, speaking passionately in perfect English after his team’s mighty victory against Wales, told us that, now, he just wanted to be with his team.
In Dublin, prior to kick-off, there was much talk about Scottish captain Stuart Hogg doing quite something else, leaving most of his teammates behind in the hotel to visit a pub with a few chosen ones after their victory against Italy.
And then, miserably, he failed to pass inside to teammate Sam Johnson for what looked like a certain try, instead attempting to do it all by himself before meeting Hugo Keenan – game over. A potential game changer down the tubes, engineered by the leader.
Ireland will, and should be, very happy with their Triple Crown. Not a win in the style everybody would have wished for, but Scotland were tricky opponents and had come to play some rugby, starting proceedings with a bang.
It was a fairly dour Ireland at times, but the business was …
- March 22, 2022
