Conor Murray: No need for 'unlucky' Peter O'Mahony to apologise after red card

'You could see him going into the ruck, there was no malice in it. He was trying to do his best for the team and make ruck ball really quick'

Peter O'Mahony of Ireland is shown a red card by Referee, Wayne Barnes during the Guinness Six Nations defeat to Wales. Picture: David Rogers

Conor Murray insists that Peter O’Mahony had no need to apologise to the Ireland squad for his Cardiff red card.

O’Mahony was dismissed just 14 minutes into the side’s opener away to Wales last Sunday and, while the immediate Ireland response was exceptional, they ultimately fell to a close and agonising defeat at the Principality Stadium.