Jamie Osborne: We have to be at our best to beat Les Bleus

Arne Slot wasn't as disappointed with Darwin Nunez missing a sitter for Liverpool against Aston Villa last month, as much as he was angry with his striker’s reaction.

The head went down and there was a noticeable lack of effort; the chance was gone, but the manager needed his Uruguayan forward to put it behind him quickly.

"[The miss] I can accept but what was a bit harder for me to accept was his behaviour after that chance, I think it got too much in his head," said Slot.

Getting back on the bike quickly has been a key factor in Ireland’s success over the last number of years and the example of Jamie Osborne recovering from a shaky start against Wales the latest example.

Making his Guinness Six Nations debut on his sixth cap, the Leinster back, with Ireland 10-3 up and looking to halt growing Welsh momentum, threw a poor final pass to Garry Ringrose, which would have likely ended in a try.

There was a knock-on and poor tackle-read as well, and it would have been easy for the Naas man’s head to drop, especially as the noise inside the Principality Stadium rose to a deafening level.

But the 23-year-old turned the page and grabbed a crucial second try to level up the game, which Ireland went on to win 27-18.

"I knew it should have been a try so I was definitely frustrated at the time," he said.

"I definitely didn’t want to let that cloud my judgement or anything for the rest of the game.

"There was a lot of rugby to be played after that and I wanted to come off the pitch being relatively happy with the performance so I think it's best to drop the mistakes as soon as they happen."

Osborne played the full 80 minutes and switched to the wing for the latter stages.

In addition to his try, he had 13 carries, beat two defenders and kicked