Peter O'Mahony says he retains huge pride in what this Ireland team have achieved in recent years
Peter O'Mahony high fives a young fan as he leaves the pitch following Ireland's defeat to New Zealand in Paris. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
“Will I come back?” responded a downcast O’Mahony, now 34. “We’ll see. It’s a tough one to take, as a lot of my friends won’t be back. I’ve a contract to the end of the year and we’ll see how we go after that.” Whatever his future or that of other team-mates, the Munster flanker also admitted: “It is the end of an era. It is. You’ve a group of senior players who are moving on. There’s no other way of putting it. There’s a group of guys who won’t play for Ireland again who’ve had an incredible impact on Irish rugby, not only in the last few years but in the last decade. So absolutely, it is the end of an era, yeah.
“Andy spoke really well, about how proud we should be of the last few years. I thought he was very professional and very positive to be fair. It’s a tough dressing room, probably the toughest I’ve been in, to be honest. But look, there’s worse things going on in the world. We’ll understand that over the next 24/48 hours.”
“Ah it’s different, beaten by 50 points. It was hard to show your face when we went home. I’d hope there’d be a lot of people proud of the team and the performances they’ve put in. We’ve seen some of the videos of the support we’ve had at home. It’s been incredible so hopefully they’re proud of us.”Ireland’s Peter O’Mahony with Joe Schmidt of New Zealand after the game.
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