BRIAN FENTON’S chat led Johnny Sexton and Andrew Goodman to hatch a Triple Crown-winning plan.
Ireland won the Triple Crown in Cardiff with a 27-18 win over Wales, scoring 17 unanswered points in the final 30 minutes.
The key moment was Jamie Osborne’s try to level the game at 18-18 when he grounded the ball after James Lowe batted down a high kick.
Coach Simon Easterby revealed that the move was inspired by Dublin GAA legend Fenton, and finessed by Sexton.
He said: “That’s genuinely something that Goody and Johnny have been working with the lads on, that aerial work.
“We had Brian in last week and there were things the players definitely picked up on.
“It’s massive part of the game, the aerial battle, finding a way for Lowey to tap that down for Jamie, that’s not by chance.
“That’s something we’ve been working on.
“It doesn’t always come off but he was good enough to back it up and he got the reward off it.”
It was Osborne’s first Ireland try and he revealed he knew to be ready for Lowe to tap down the high ball.
Osborne said: “If he caught it, he would have ended up in touch himself so there was only one option for him to do.”
