'I got a mouthful of water and then unfortunately for Tom he went down and I knew I was back on..'
Finlay Bealham didn't just put in one solid shift against the All Blacks at the Aviva, he put in two!
Bealham barely had the water bottle ready for a deserved drink when he was being dragged back to the sideline "I only got a bare sup..." he noted afterwards of a match that he knew was going to be 'absolute war' from the get-go. "I got a mouthful of water," said a tired tight-head, "and then unfortunately for Tom he went down and I knew I was back on. I tried to get my head around that and get into the action."Physically they are right up there, they're a world class team with some unbelievable individuals and they were really good in terms of ruck pressure, and we couldn't get into our flow attack-wise.
"It's hard to remember everything from the game. It was a disappointing dressing room. It's always tough to lose at home. We got into a huddle and just said 'No sulking'. We'll get on with it and learn from the mistakes we made.
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