TOMMY TIERNAN HAS joke about the Cork accent and speaking French… but BT Sports bosses might not see the funny side this afternoon.
In a game in which Racing Metro were well beaten at Clermont on a scoreline of 47-14, pitchside microphones picked up on the Ronan O’Gara’s advice to one colleague, flanker Antoine Battut: ’Allez, Antoine… That’s the f****** stuff’.
The charming mix of Thomond Park vocabulary and splash of French, saw the commentator Martin Gillingham apologise to any sensitive viewers.
Co-commentator Jamie Noon said he recognised the accent.
