TV view: A Cardiff 'chicken-wing' that leaves a sour taste

'Anyone disagree on the facts?' asks Wayne Barnes.  Nobody does. Nobody can. It’s going to be a long afternoon for Ireland

Peter O'Mahony of Ireland leaves the pitch having being shown a red card by referee Wayne Barnes who described the hit as a 'chicken-wing action'. Picture: Ben Evans/Sportsfile

Okay, let’s cut to the chase, no bushes beaten. Fourteen minutes in at the Principality Stadium and Peter O’Mahony goes steaming into a ruck and clatters one of the Welsh guys. The outcome of the match is decided there and then, and deep down every Irish person knows it.

God bless whoever thought of giving us the live feed between the TMO and the referee. (Would that the Premier League and VAR followed suit.) It’s akin to eavesdropping on Wayne Barnes as he thinks out loud.