Peter O’Mahony responds to Scotland brawl with some feisty words
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Not tonight.
Ireland made light work of Scotland this evening in a convincing 36-14 win despite talk all week that the game could be a potential banana skin for the men in green.
Andy Farrell’s side completely dominated their Six Nations counterparts, taking a 36-0 lead on the hour mark before Scotland made the scoreline look a little better with two quick-fire tries.
The Scots struggled to get past Ireland in defence and were dismantled in attack, resulting in some frustrations early on in the second half, with replacement Ollie Smith needlessly tripping Johnny Sexton during a break in play.
The incident sparked a mass brawl on the pitch with Ireland’s Dan Sheehan getting thrown over the advertising hoardings by Scotland prop Pierre Schoeman in some crazy scenes.
"I know we're meant to say 'this is terrible, it shouldn't have happened'. But I kinda like that it happened in the reaction that Ireland had!"
Horgan, Kearney and Williams on the animosity between these Ireland and Scotland teams that flared up again tonight.#IREvSCO #RWC2023 pic.twitter.com/dX3Auyssnv
— Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) October 7, 2023
Peter O’Mahony was in the very thick of it and was asked about the incident after to game. His response was interesting to say the very least, with the Ireland flanker rubbing salt in Scotland’s wounds with some feisty words in victory.
“That’s part and parcel of rugby. It’s a physical game,” O’Mahony said.
“They [Scotland] were in the press beforehand saying they were gonna knock us off our winning streak, and how they’d figured us out and worked us out.”
“I don’t think they did tonight.”
Feisty stuff to say the least! Up next for Ireland is a quarter-final meeting with New Zealand in Paris.
🗣 "I thought I was going to be all over the place with nerves.
🗣 "I consider myself very lucky. The clubs, schools and province I've been involved in.
🗣 "Scotland had said they had figured us out. I don't think they did tonight.
– Peter O'Mahony ☘️#IREvSCO #RWC2023 pic.twitter.com/ledLpj0N50
— Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) October 7, 2023
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