Ireland are reaping rewards for keeping discipline, says CJ Stander

Three games, 11 penalties conceded. Green may be their colour but Ireland have been whiter than white in the eyes of Mathieu Raynal, Jaco Peyper, and Jerome Garces this month. If the national team doesn’t have an official washing-up supplier, then now would be a damn good time for the IRFU to go to market.

It’s a natural fit, even if they’re no angels.

Ian Henderson’s clearout of Stephen Moore in the run-up to Garry Ringrose’s try was a glaring example of that. The Australian captain was chaperoned away from the action whilst miles from its epicentre but it happened away from the glare of the referee and, crucially, beyond the frame of the TV replays.