Warren Gatland doesn’t know what he’s missing out on.
It looked for the life of us that it was going to be a complete whitewash for Irish teams at the weekend.
Leinster were dumped out of the Guinness Pro 12 by Scarlets on Friday night after a torrid performance.
Matters were made worse when Pat Lam bowed out with a big fat loss as Connacht failed to qualify for the 2017/18 Champions Cup after a 21-15 defeat to Northampton.
So it was up to Munster, as it always is.
Playing the Ospreys, they were holding a five-point lead with 20 minutes left on the clock…and then this happened.
— Darragh Culhane (@DarraghCulhane) May 20, 2017
Starting in their own 22, the slick play between Keith Earls, Francis Saili, Conor Murray, Andrew Conway and then a juggling Simon Zebo caught the eye of a certain controversial footballer.
Best try I've seen this season by @SimonZebo for @Munsterrugby 👏🏻👏🏻
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) May 20, 2017
And he wasn’t the only one impressed.
It is so sad to see how people don't appreciate truly talented special players like Simon Zebo who only come along once in an era! #MUNvOSP
— Brian Kiely #BeARayofSunshine #BeABloodDonor (@BrianKiely2) May 20, 2017
What a try by @SimonZebo try of year so far for the @Munsterrugby men
— Jimmcloughlin (@Duvals59) May 20, 2017
What a game for @SimonZebo 🙌🏻
Give that man the other red jersey now! 🦁🔴#MUNvOSP
— Matthew Mooney (@mattdjm) May 20, 2017
With thanks to the stunning try, we’ll get to see Simon Zebo play once more this league season, when Munster face Scarlets in the PRO12 Final next Saturday at the Aviva Stadium after overcoming the Ospreys 23-3.
