'Here's an interesting stat for you' - Andy Farrell highlights Jamison Gibson-Park’s importance to Ireland

There are times when a man of the match award does not do enough heavy lifting to recognise an individual performance and Andy Farrell underlined Jamison Gibson-Park’s Twickenham tour de force with an astonishing statistic.

His scrum-half had been benched for Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations home clash with Italy seven days prior, himself and replacement fly-half Jack Crowley providing the impetus for a late push for victory having entered the stage with the game tied 10-10.

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