Joe McCarthy: 'I'd love Peter O'Mahony to keep going, he's a legend'

Ireland's Peter O'Mahony makes his way down the tunnel holding the Guinness Six Nations trophy. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire. 

It started in tears and ended in cheers but we can't say yet, after 105 caps and a dozen years of service, whether this was the last time we see Peter O’Mahony play for Ireland.

The captain’s emotions were writ large on his face during the anthems. Others sang out loud, their heads elevated skyward. O’Mahony was staring at the turf, or at least he would have been had his eyes not been pools of water.