‘We know they’re looking to do a job on us at home’

If Peter O’Mahony has to be in a rugby stadium it is fair to say he would much rather be on the pitch than looking at it.

The Ireland flanker is one of life’s doers rather than viewers, which means sitting in the stands at Aviva Stadium as the bulk of the starting XV from the victory over the Springboks watched their squad-mates beat Georgia was something of an ordeal.

“It’s a lot easier playing, to be honest,” he admits. “You can have an impact, an effect when you’re on the pitch, you can’t really do much from the stands.