However the TMO’s next involvement grated as Mullins looked to have scored a second try. Ireland number eight Culhane charged, through a parting red sea of defenders.
McCormick was adjudged to have impeded Peard on Tempest’s intervention; it was the softest brush in contact terms and to be honest the Irish hooker was entitled to stand his ground. It was a poor decision. The Welsh respite was short-lived as Boyle, centre Fionn Gibbons and McCormick all made significant metres through contact and following a superb clearout from Culhane two metres from the Welsh line, Devine popped the ball to Morrissey who plunged over. Tector added the conversion to give the home side a thoroughly deserved 22-0 interval lead.
Wales conceded another penalty 14 seconds after the restart, the upshot, a bonus-point try for Ireland with Crothers the deserving beneficiary following some muscular close-range sallies from his team-mates.
However, Brownlee capped his performance with a try just before the final whistle, demonstrating his leg drive in contact to power past a couple of tacklers.