The future of Lansdowne Road as the home venue for the national side may have a limited life span depending on the development of the national stadium but the IRFU will definitely have to make one alteration to the present facilities and that is the introduction of a video referee facility. Springbok captain Andre Vos admitted his surprise when told that there wasn't one available and it certainly would have been of benefit in yesterday's match.

One would expect that the IRFU will be in discussion with RTE to provide this facility in time for the Six Nations Championship.