Warren Gatland named his 2017 Lions squad and there were plenty of places for England, Wales and Ireland players. Scotland got two - Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour - but you can't please everyone.
The #AllForOne hashtag was trending and, we were told, it was time to come together in support of four nations that had become one team.
And then there was a tweet from BT Sport that forgot to include a healthy chunk of Ireland in a Lions graphic:
https://twitter.com/threeredkings/status/854670064280375296
Very unfortunate but surely a simple explanation for the mix up.
There was a rapid reaction and most of it called on the broadcaster to make amends, including one from @IrishRugby
https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/854670442833088512
Others found some humour in the post.
https://twitter.com/Coldham007/status/854682470129774594
https://twitter.com/threeredkings/status/854676365605523461
Soon enough, the tweet was deleted and a new tweet was posted. Thankfully, it featured the entire island of Ireland:
https://twitter.com/btsportrugby/status/854673158267449346
The new version got the approval of the official Irish Rugby account.
https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/854677640820781056
All's well that started off so messily.
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