Lowe: 'It’s a blessing and a curse. We absolutely love the travelling support'

The support Ireland received from their travelling supporters, whose green jerseys dominated the 41,117 crowd on Saturday, though James Lowe described it as a double-edged sword.

IRISH SUPPORT: James Lowe finds the Irish support is phenomenal but is too scared to go outside half the time. Pic:©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

While there were frustrations on James Lowe’s part he did not add his name to the scoresheet in the 12-try rout of Romania, they were quickly parked as Ireland’s all-court attack found its groove again ahead of tougher World Cup challenges to come.

Like the other 22 Irish players involved at Stade de Bordeaux last Saturday, Lowe contributed to the 82-8 victory that gave their Pool B campaign lift-off and boosted their points differential in advance of the expected tighter contests to come, starting this Saturday night against Tonga in Nantes.