Positives and a point but big price to pay

I said in this column before kick-off on Friday I would have happily taken a draw against Wales. Well, Ireland did get a valuable point on that night, but only at a very heavy price.

All our thoughts are with the captain, Seamus Coleman, who faces a long and hard road to recovery after suffering that awful double break of his right leg.

I had feared, at half-time, the game was heading in that direction.