Captain Peter O'Mahony knows from personal experience the scale of the task facing Ireland, having won just twice in his eight visits to Twickenham
England v Ireland: Peter O’Mahony taking nothing for granted as he anticipates a huge battle“It’s not something that we really buy into,” said Peter O’Mahony with what seemed like a slightly weary sigh when asked about the strangeness of all this favouritism talk.
O’Mahony was speaking after his first Captain’s Run at Twickenham. He has good reason to treat England with respect, for he has a personal 7-8 win-loss record against them and has been on the winning side twice, and losing side six times, in eight visits to the cathedral of English rugby union. “Certainly we’ve picked up some wins here. But you look at them and we’ve had to play unbelievably well to get the wins. Some unbelievable rugby that we played, and that’s what tomorrow is going to take, a special performance from the group. You’re going to get sick of me saying it, but it’s about the performance tomorrow. It’s an incredibly difficult place to come and play and even more difficult to win.
“And you know, the hunger I think and the desire from the group to consistently get better is probably what stand out to me. But again, it’s hard to put your finger on one thing, you’ve got to put them all together.”
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