Joe Schmidt named his Irish team to face Italy this afternoon, and in a new move, the IRFU revealed the Twitter handles of each of the XV players who’ll take to the field in Rome.
Gordon D’Arcy missed out on a place in the side, with Schmidt instead opting for Jared Payne to partner Robbie Henshaw in the midfield.
Today FM political correspondent Gavan Reilly pointed out on Twitter that it may have been the IRFU’s first chance to try out their new idea, since D’Arcy wasn’t a Twitter user.
As we all know though, D’Arcy is a regular tweeter, and when he was informed about Reilly’s faux pas, he was quick to ask what he’d ever done to deserve such a putdown.
With no Gordon D'Arcy, this might be the first Ireland Six Nations XV who are all Twitter users pic.twitter.com/eGN2imxIHT
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) February 5, 2015
@gavreilly Is @Gordonwdarcy not good enough for you, huh?
— Peter Kavanagh (@TheKavOfficial) February 5, 2015
@TheKavOfficial @gavreilly Jesus.. Kick a lad when is down why don't you #whatdididotoyou
— Gordon D'Arcy (@Gordonwdarcy) February 5, 2015
It’s just not been D’Arcy’s day, has it?
