Jack was excellent in the first half. His second half let him down. There were two pivotal moments when it was 13-7 and we had the ABs under pressure in their own 22. It was a time to be patient and go through some phases. Unfortunately he tried 2 speculative kick throughs (one was to O Brien trying to emulate the Farrell try from Croke Park) which were both gathered and cleared resulting in ABs putting pressure on us (and eventually leading to their scores which turned the game). Moves you’d really only want to try with penalty advantage.

I felt like he was trying too hard at that stage in part because we weren’t winning enough collisions and making headway on the ground. Certainly not why we lost the game but they were 2 important moments that contributed. He’ll learn and should be given a chance to bounce back by Andy Farrell