Peter O’Mahony: Wales will lap up idle talk of bonus points

Peter O’Mahony is having no truck with talk of bonus points ahead of Ireland’s Six Nations assignment in Cardiff.

He knows that his Welsh counterparts will relish any such loose talk that may make its way across the Irish Sea before Friday week, regardless of whether the discussion is held by the players or the media and general public.

Results in the Six Nations last weekend have kept alive the possibility that Ireland and England will jostle for the title when the latter travel to Dublin for the final round but the hosts may need to win that by more than seven points unless they claim victory with four tries at the Principality Stadium.