WATCH: Frustrated Jordi Murphy endures weekend to forget

Jordi Murphy’s clenched jaw said it all.

Here he was, over an hour after Saturday’s loss to Wales and a game in which his candidacy for a place in Joe Schmidt’s World Cup squad took a bit of a beating, and he found himself having to offer his thoughts on it all to the waiting media. If having to face Justin Tipuric in the form the Welshman was in proved the short straw, then this was the one that must have broken the proverbial camel’s back given the nervous 24 hours or so he faced as the final squad was being chiseled into shape.

“I’m pretty disappointed with quite a few aspects,” Murphy offered by way of an opening. “I wasn’t happy with my breakdown work. I think we lost the battle there, but I’ve just got to park it and try and get better.”