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‘Hello June’ – Peter O’Mahony’s wife cheers him on during last game from afar in picturesque setting
@Source: thesun.ie
PETER O'Mahony's wife Jessica roared him on from afar as his last Munster match ended in as heartbreaking of a fashion as possible.
Durban, South Africa was the setting as the Reds were knocked out of the URC play-offs in a penalty shoot-out marred in controversy.
Jessica was back home in their native Cork - roughly 13,500 km away.
Nonetheless, that didn't stop her from letting her feelings be known around Sharks' pantomime villain figure Jaden Hendrikse's antics.
She posted a snap of him supposedly being struck down with a calf cramp moments after converting one of his kicks - thus delaying Jack Crowley's attempt.
Her caption of "This guy? Bad form" spoke for a large swathes of the province's fanbase.
It is of course impossible for anyone other than the Sharks scrum-half to know definitively whether he did genuinely cramp up or whether it was an act of gamesmanship.
Those of a South African persuasion have pointed to the manner with which his calf muscles were tensed up - although his wink to Crowley was definitely unnecessary no matter what.
Even former Munster head honcho and current Springboks chief Rassie Erasmus has weighed in on 'wink-gate'.
The 52-year-old tweeted a zoomed in photo of Hendrikse's legs, seemingly showcasing that they did look to be genuinely tensed up due to a painful calf cramp.
Alongside it, he added a caption merely containing an emoji of a man shrugging his shoulders.
It's been taken as the two-time World Cup winner siding with Hendrikse. Unsurprisingly, their beloved national team boss hinting his support with the Sharks delighted Sharks fans en masse.
Among the replies, one person commented: "Irish, Scots and Welsh super pathetic cry babies."
While Vince pointed out: "I thought this was classic. They didn't miss the kick at this interaction so no influence on the result. At least he didn't swear a book load of swear words at everyone…."
Lastly, another Springbok follower added: "The Irish have to be the pettiest rugby fans on the planet.
"Even when they lost against the All Blacks in the RWC there was some unsportsmanlike allegations against the ABs yet the entire rugby community had to put up with Johnny Sexton for a decade."
Post-match, Premier Sports pundit Alan Quinlan accused the Irish side's opposition sideline of 'shocking behaviour'.
He fumed: "It's shocking really, the way they're behaving, the people on the sideline there. They're obviously screaming and shouting stuff at the Munster players.
"It's obviously not very sportsmanlike. Unlike Rory Scannell there to respond as well."
Saturday's defeat was the final game in the Munster careers of O'Mahony, Conor Murray, and Stephen Archer.
O'Mahony and Archer will be hanging up the boots for good at the end of the season, while Murray will be continuing his career abroad.
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