He was having a typically heroic Peter O’Mahony kind of day up until the 71st minute.
The Munster flanker was one of the few Irish players that performed to their usually high standards in a far from pretty 16-9 win over Italy.
Ireland reached the last eight after their victory at the Olympic Stadium but they were pushed all the way.
A game-defining moment arrived early in the second-half when Peter O’Mahony made a stunning, last-ditch challenge on Italian flanker Josh Furno (1min 46sec into the clip below).
Italy captain Sergio Parisse said, ” If we had scored that try, we could have really pushed Ireland and the game could have taken a different direction.”
Unfortunately, O’Mahony blotted his copybook with a no arms tackle that saw him sin-binned for the remainder of the game.
Post-match, Ireland coach Joe Schmidt was not too impressed with the decision to yellow card O’Mahony.
Schmidt on O'Mahony's yellow card: "That's what [referees] are looking for and, if you look hard enough you'll find something."
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) October 4, 2015
