“Undercooked” was the word of the week, and if you’d a euro for every time it was mentioned by the Virgin Media lads on Saturday evening, you’d have been dining on Wagyu steak and chips for your supper, washing it down with a 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru.

Over in Chicago, though, Andrew Trimble was disputing the notion that Ireland were a bit on the raw side going into “The Rematch”, as the Soldier Field contest with New Zealand had been dubbed.

“I’d say they’re medium rare, which is how I like my steak,” he told Tommy Martin.

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