Wallace praise for dirty work

RONAN O’GARA captured the headlines in Rome with a trademark last-minute drop goal, but Irish flanker David Wallace also paid tribute to the roles played by Leo Cullen and Donncha O’Callaghan.

Four minutes from the end of a frantic RBS 6 Nations clash, Ireland were facing defeat after Italy edged 11-10 ahead with an unconverted try. The missed conversion attempt gave Ireland faint hope of salvaging something from the wreckage.

Wallace reflected: “You hear the crowd, you see them celebrating and you go, “Oh my God, it’s going to be one of those days”. You get together under the posts, and you’ve got to group together and still believe.