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Published 12:35 19 Mar 2017 GMT
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Last night, less than five minutes before Ireland lined up for the anthems at the Aviva Stadium, Joe Schmidt told CJ Stander to give O'Mahony the No.6 jersey. Jamie Heaslip had been ruled out with a hamstring injury and a late, late re-jig was required.
It worked out well in the end. Extremely well.
While Stander did a good job at No.8 and Dan Leavy impressed off the bench, O'Mahony was a man possessed. He ripped into England from the first peep of Jerome Garces' whistle. He was still there at the death, battering and barracking away.
12 tackles, 10 carries, a great asset in the lineout and two turnovers secured, including one brilliant lineout steal off an English throw in the final quarter.
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When his name was announced as man of the match, O'Mahony simply nodded to his teammates. The crowd bellowed its approval.
Following the game, Eddie Jones backed up the words of that awestruck English journalist - "O'Mahony is a bloody good player."
Those English writers had nothing but respect for the Cork native's performance and many claimed it was more than enough to book him a spot on the Lions tour to New Zealand.
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Warren Gatland names his Lions squad on Wednesday, April 19 and O'Mahony will have another chance to impress when he leads Munster in their Champions Cup quarter final against Toulouse.
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