Warren Gatland falls flat with Wales but late call up Conor Murray rises to the occasion with Ireland
Thoughts before Ireland’s game against Wales focused on the influence Warren Gatland would have on a team he knew well. In a sense Gatland picked an ageing side but one that was in his own image. He selected players that he knew from the first time he was in charge. His ability to sprinkle magic dust over a side that had not been performing was the great unknown factor that grew and grew in the build-up to the game. The Warren factor became a piece of the prematch analysis.
When Jamison Gibson-Park didn’t make it to the starting line because of injury, Murray’s short notice appointment in advance of Craig Casey insured the sharpness of his game would come under severe scrutiny. Champagne Corks popping then as the 33-year-old did not box kick the ball to death, leaving coach Andy Farrell secure that the game of the centurion scrumhalf is still robustly intact.
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