Sean O'Brien had an anxious night waiting on word from the Fighting Cocks

Sean O’Brien’s focus on Romania may just have wavered for an hour or so last night.

With Ireland’s World Cup clash against Romania fast approaching, family and friends of the Irish players will have been busy wishing the boys in green luck and lighting the odd candle ahead of their second test.

However, O’Brien would have been sending his own best wishes back across the channel to his local GAA team, the Fighting Cocks.