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Published 18:22 7 Feb 2021 GMT
Updated 18:29 7 Feb 2021 GMT
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James Lowe consoles Billy Burns at full-time in Cardiff. (Credit: Sportsfile)[/caption]
The Ulster outhalf was consoled by his teammates and Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones came over to offer his commiserations too. As opinions flew about on social media, Ulster teammate John Cooney rode to Burns' defence.
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Following the game, Sexton was asked about that end-game kick from Burns. He commented:
In his post-match briefing, Farrell said the loss was not on Burns and that he had shaken his hand after the match ended. He said he would have a proper catch up with him when he finished his media duties. Sexton, when he arrived for the briefing, said he shouted, "Billy you've got to go for it" when the penalty was awarded to Ireland. "When you're chasing a game, you've got to put it five metres out," Sexton added. "That's when you score tries. If you put it 10 metres out even a good maul rarely gets over. Other days you're the hero when you stick it on the five. "It's the life of the number 10. It comes down to small margins. I thought he did very well in the other parts of the game. That's one moment but there's plenty through that second half where we could have done better but it's tough with 14 men. "As a 10, you have moments when you're a hero and you have moments when you're a villain.""As a 10, you have to go for it and get us five metres out. Sometimes you miss and sometimes you're the hero, but it’s a big difference between 10 and five metres.
"I'm proud of the boys for the effort we put in, but ultimately it came down to a few key mistakes. I think a couple of decisions at the end went against us, but Wales are a very good side and we only have ourselves to blame.
"We spoke about discipline in the week but it let us down and we made some key errors."
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