Ireland’s incredibly impressive 24-9 win against France was one of the finest performances at the Rugby World Cup so far.
It was somewhat overshadowed, however, by injuries to captain Paul O’Connell and Johnny Sexton, while Sean O’Brien has been cited following his off-the-ball incident with France’s Pascal Pape.
O’Brien will find out his fate on Tuesday afternoon, but Grenoble head coach Bernard Jackman has given an interesting insight as to why he may have struck out at the Stade Francais lock.
The former Connacht and Leinster hooker believes that Pape was happy to engage in some sledging and gamesmanship before the incident, thus causing the Leinster flanker to lose his cool.
As Jackman states in a later tweet to rugby pundit and commentator Brian Moore, there’s a “difference between binding in a scrum and getting groped in open play”.
Take a look…
What preceded the O'Brien and Pape incident pic.twitter.com/EBVnPWQmKC
— Bernard Jackman (@bernardjackman) October 13, 2015
@Rugbydump not an excuse but difference between binding in a scrum and getting groped in open play.
— Bernard Jackman (@bernardjackman) October 13, 2015
@brianmoore666 times have changed unfortunately. Lots of play acting and attempts to con refs coming into the game recently
— Bernard Jackman (@bernardjackman) October 13, 2015
