IRELAND CAPTAIN PETER O’Mahony said he will consider his future in international rugby after his side secured back-to-back Six Nations titles by beating Scotland in Dublin.
O’Mahony was asked post-match by Virgin Media if that was his last game for Ireland.
“I don’t know, I have a few chats to have with family and stuff over the next couple of weeks,” said O’Mahony after Ireland’s 17-13 win in Dublin.
“If it was my last one, it’s not a bad one to go out on.”
It remains to be seen if O’Mahony decides to play on with Ireland but either way, he will go down as a legend of Irish rugby, with that reputation enhanced by this Six Nations title.
O’Mahony was able to lift the trophy on the occasion of his 105th Ireland cap.
He has been enjoying his rugby more than ever with Ireland in recent years.
“That World Cup experience really bonded this group,” said O’Mahony. “I know we are missing a couple of guys from that. Between our families and the group, we are tight.
“It’s a huge honour to captain your country, it is a huge honour every time you get selected to play for your country and I thought we showed it the utmost respect today.”
Ireland’s much-improved second-half performance against the Scots was good enough to see them over the line in Dublin.
“The whole point was getting stuck in,” said O’Mahony. “We probably put a lot of lead in their legs with regard to the amount of rugby that we played and we needed to get reward from it.
“We just said we’d stay at it. I thought that the 10 minutes after half-time was really impressive.”
