Ahead of the Six Nations opener in France, Gabriel Clarke of ITV had a sit-down with Ireland captain Peter O'Mahony and got some great answers out of him.
At the championship launch, a week prior, O'Mahony had done a decent job of dead-batting talk of him considering retiring from Test rugby, Munster and IRFU contracts and how long he saw himself playing on for. Clarke had some more time to push and probe, and got some good stuff from Ireland's new captain. At one stage, Clarke came right now and asked,"Are you a stand-in, or are you more of a longer term captain?"Clarke was not easing off, though.
During his interview with Gabriel Clarke, O'Mahony said Farrell had"absolutely" extended his rugby career."He's had an incredible impact on me as a person, and as a rugby player... he's a man you would follow." Friday night, against France, was the 11th time Peter O'Mahony has captained Ireland but the first time he had the honour in a full-time capacity. For that game, an Ireland teammate ended up as captain for 28 minutes.
Doris, in his first time taking the captaincy, assumed the role without missing a beat. It seemed so natural that hardly anyone passed a remark. This is a player that last captained Ireland at U18s level and has only captained Leinster once before, a New Year's Day defeat to Ulster at The RDS, last month., in December, he said captaining Ireland would be a huge honour but 'it isn't one of my goals, for this season anyway'.
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