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Bitter Welsh rugby fans upset CJ Stander upstaged one of their own to get the man-of-the-match award

Published 10:55 8 Feb 2016 GMT

Updated 11:23 8 Feb 2016 GMT

Kevin McGillicuddy
Bitter Welsh rugby fans upset CJ Stander upstaged one of their own to get the man-of-the-match award

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It's awful when a team's supporters can't take their beating draw.

Welsh fans raged, last night, after Ireland snatched a share of the points on offer in the 16 a-piece deadlock at the Aviva thanks to Jonathan Sexton's late penalty. The game was an exciting affair, and we thought that there could be no argument for who the clear man of the match was after, with CJ Stander picking up the RTE gong as selected by Ronan O'Gara, Conor O'Shea and Shane Horgan. Looking at the player stats after the game we thought it was fairly clear that Stander had an outstanding game compared to whom most Welsh fans felt should have the got award, Jamie Roberts. clear Irish fans were delighted to see the Munster man take home the MOTM award for his first day in a green jersey. Surely everyone could see he had a fantastic game. https://twitter.com/KeithKandrews/status/696374836172615680 https://twitter.com/adambuttimer/status/696374546308468736 https://twitter.com/Munsterrugby/status/696376515194462208 But perhaps we were mistaken. Welsh fans were upset at their man being snubbed despite hitting the most bodies over the course of the 80 minutes and generally putting in what everyone agreed was an outstanding day at the office, high hit on Robbbie Henshaw aside. https://twitter.com/AndyNic9/status/696377695282851840 https://twitter.com/WelshDalaiLama/status/696381668823822336 https://twitter.com/GarethT23/status/696374861191585792 https://twitter.com/LoganKerr96/status/696374861007101952 https://twitter.com/KyleJonesIV/status/696397992308449280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/phillwxmwire/status/696401864489857024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw