Ronan O'Gara: Joey Carbery return has us licking our lips but referees have me biting mine

In nominating Joey Carbery’s touchline add-on as my moment of the weekend, I’ve also got to get a grip and ask why.
Ronan O'Gara: Joey Carbery return has us licking our lips but referees have me biting mine

A STEP AHEAD: Munster 10 Joey Carbery got Irish rugby fans a little excited with his cameo for the province last Friday in Cardiff - not least for the touchline conversion at the death. It might have been academic in the context of the game, but as a portent of things that may come in green, it got one former Ireland fly-half out of his seat! Picture: Gareth Everett, Sportsfile

Nothing speaks to the anxiety over Ireland’s issues at number 10 than the excitement over a somewhat academic conversion in Cardiff last Friday night.

But in nominating Joey Carbery’s touchline add-on as my moment of the weekend — we lost at home to Toulouse, give me a break — I’ve also got to get a grip and ask why.

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