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Published 14:05 15 Mar 2017 GMT
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"I'd hate for that to be seen as a mistake for Robbie. He was brilliant on Friday night. "Even after that incident, he wins a bouncing ball on the ground - it was scrapping around and he was first on it. It just shows his want and desire to win."
By diving head-long and getting to the ball ahead of two Welshmen, Henshaw wins Ireland an attacking scrum that they got away into the backline only for Johnny Sexton to pump a cross-field ball towards Keith Earls. Both Earls and Liam Williams missed and the ball went out for a Welsh lineout.
Even still, there were eight minutes left for Ireland to score a converted try and win the match. Tadhg Furlong had a great opportunity but spilled the ball out wide and Ireland didn't get a look-in again.
It was Wales that plunged the dagger with a late Jamie Roberts score. Post-match, Joe Schmidt lamented:
"It's hugely frustrating when you get over the line and get the ball down and a player who probably didn't have a massive material effect gets sanctioned appropriately. "Again Robbie's a young player who had a super game but you learn from those experiences and that was incredibly disappointing."Henshaw will have been smarting all weekend from his blood-rush but he was one of the Irish players that helped get them into a position to win the match. He has grown immensely as a Test match player in the past two years and will be a key player against England this weekend. He will give everything he has to get Ireland over the line too, but he may steer clear of the mauls and men's work.
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