Ireland 10-16 Wales | Rugby World Cup warm-up match report

• Ireland 10-16 WalesThere has been little about Paul O’Connell’s career that has been anti-climactic but his final appearance in an international in the Irish capital did not have the ending the near sell-out crowd would have scripted. He almost manufactured what would have been a fitting denouement, competitive and hungry to the last, but when Sean Cronin forced his way over the Wales line close to the posts in the final move of the match, he was unable to ground the ball. Related: Ireland v Wales: Rugby World Cup warm-up – as it happened | Dan Lucas Continue reading...