Burly Phillips puts 1D star Horan in his place in Twitter free-for-all

Irish One Direction star Niall Horan had a run in with Welsh scrum-half Mike Phillips on twitter after the big game.

The Athlone native tweeted:

Mike Philips is like a child throwing his toys out of the pram! his attitude is terrible, looks like a right arrogant idiot

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) February 8, 2014

Phillips responded:

.@NiallOfficial come down to training in the week big boy. Bring the rest of The Beatles with you

— Mike Phillips (@mikephillips009) February 9, 2014

However Irish international Rob Kearney jumped in to defend Horan.

@mikephillips009 don't worry @NiallOfficial - I've got your back!!

— Rob Kearney (@KearneyRob) February 9, 2014

Horan responded.

“@KearneyRob: @mikephillips009 don't worry @NiallOfficial - I've got your back!!” Cheers pal! he's ragin sexto beat them on his right foot!

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) February 9, 2014

and later tweeted...

@KearneyRob his comebacks are very good though, natttt !
He's some man to call out a 20 year old aswell! he's cool

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) February 9, 2014

Welsh referee Nigel Owens was drawn in to the debate.

Lovely spat going on between @mikephillips009 and @NiallOfficial on here. Just had the phone call now to go and ref it lol cards ready ha

— Nigel Owens MBE (@Nigelrefowens) February 9, 2014

However Phillips had the last laugh when he tweeted a picture taken with Kearney during the Lions tour and added:

Where did it all go wrong ! Haha congrats on the win @NiallOfficial @KearneyRob pic.twitter.com/BG3PTH4rxV

— Mike Phillips (@mikephillips009) February 9, 2014