Peter O’Mahony will start the game on the bench for Ireland at the weekend against the Springboks in Durban. The Cork man reacted to being dropped the only way true leaders do.

See what Andy Farrell the Ireland head coach had to say below;

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“It was very easy because of how he is as a person. You don’t expect those conversations to be easy and don’t get me wrong, he’s not accepting and he’s not happy obviously but he does the right thing for the team.

“That’s at the forefront of his mind constantly and that’s proper leadership. He understands that we want to have a look in this direction to see how it goes. He’s the captain of this tour and it shows the mark of the man how you lead after a bit of disappointment, how you carry on being yourself or not.

“He’s on the bench for a reason. He makes people feel good, it’s right when he’s there with his presence and leading. That has been so evident over the last couple of days so he couldn’t have done a better job in that regard.”