O'Mahony responds to Pocock 'cancer on the game' insult
Peter O'Mahony has defended David Pocock after the Australia flanker was described as a "cancer on the game" by former Ireland international Neil Francis.
Francis took aim at Pocock in a newspaper column this week, bemoaning the 30-year-old's tactics at the breakdown while also saying he has a "grudging admiration" for the Wallabies forward.
Captain O'Mahony said the tourists do not agree with Francis' comments as they prepare to try and level the three-match series at AAMI Park on Saturday.
"I don't read a huge of media stuff and I don't read a huge amount of Neil Francis stuff but I certainly don't think that's the opinion we, certainly as a group, or as a nation have of David," he said.
"He's an incredible rugby player - you saw the impact on the game he had last week and I certainly wouldn't be standing by a comment like that."
Australia head coach Michael Cheika was also unimpressed with Francis' comments.
"That guy needs to choose his words a little better I think, to be honest," he said.
"It's not a very nice thing to say. I'm not worried about what he thinks about Poey's footy, I just think that's not a very nice term to use.
"There's people who are really sick out there. I'm not into that.
"He used to say a lot of stuff about us when I coached Leinster as well. Some unflattering words he would use for his own publicity. That's fine."
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I’d say France was far more hard done by in the 2011 final than the All Blacks in this game. Joubert simply refused to call a penalty against the All Blacks in the last quarter even directing an All Black to drop a ball he picked up in an offside position rather than penalizing him. This article also totally discounts the efforts of PSTD. Ask Jordie how well he played. Or the backup flank who played hooker for the entire game. Siya was also a brilliant tackle by Richie from scoring a blinder. Pollard was also fantastic. Look I don’t like the boks style but the only thing more questionable than the content of this article is the timing of it. Get over it already
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