Both were perfected by the look of sheer joy when the man with the blue scrum cap looked up and let out a roar. I went straight to him and he took the opportunity.”Peter O’Mahony was another good man for these ‘big moments’ in games. The unofficial word was that Irish players would not play anything north of 25 games in a season. So any opportunity I do get to go out and play, I want to be able to play it. For Beirne, the win in Twickenham ranks up there with some of his greatest days with Ireland.

Source: Irish Examiner February 28, 2026 10:15 UTC