Peter O’Mahony anointed Ireland’s 38-17 demolition of France as one of the greatest wins of his career, but urged caution amid the inevitable talk of back-to-back grand slams. “We’re not going to get carried away here,” Ireland’s captain said. “It was a good performance, which is what you want to start off a campaign like this. We want to get better.”
But even as measured an observer as O’Mahony recognised the significance of this win, Ireland’s biggest ever margin of victory against France away from home. “I don’t think it gets any better, really,” he said. “The stress of the last couple of days, I’d have given all that up for a win, Friday night, first game, Marseille in the Vélodrome. I remember as a young fella, watching Ireland teams and hoping we’d hang on in there. It’s a different animal now.”
