15 Jamie Osborne
The patron saint of lost causes as he chased some high balls that went too far forward, one sliced ball into touch but he invariably got over the gain-line when carrying before his day was cut short by a shoulder injury. Rating: 6
14 Tommy O’Brien
An outstanding performance in general. There were one or little mistakes, but these were tiny glitches when weighed against his overall brilliant contribution, his aptitude and attitude summed up in his try: making a tackle, counter-rucking and running that under line. Rating: 8
13 Tom Farrell
He grew into the game on his debut and had the character to put a few handling errors behind him and to keep
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