The Irish Independent's David Kelly talks to a bullish Sean O'Brien ahead of the Six Nations.
"You get the feeling that if you really prodded Sean O'Brien, he just might explode.
The memory of that match is still so raw, searing deep into his consciousness, filling him with so much regret that only recompense can amend his state of mind.
And so you gently probe once more. And still he struggles. "I don't want to talk about it," he says sternly.
For him, Tullow's disconsolate derby defeat to Carlow a fortnight ago has been cast aside, especially that final scrum five which Carlow somehow won against the head in the expiring minutes.
O'Brien was amongst the 1,000 or more in a breathless Oak Park watching helplessly as his side lost a game that possessed more fervour than many a Pro12 fixture."