Gibson-Park pleased to beat 'unbelievable' Wales
Ireland scrum-half and player of the match Jamison Gibson-Park gave his thoughts on his side's 27-18 Six Nations win over Wales in Cardiff."We have to give a lot of credit to Wales, it was very tough out there today," Gibson-Park said on BBC One."They're an unbelievable team, a proud nation and they sure showed that today."It'd be a dangerous thing to come over here with any pre-conceived ideas, playing here against Wales was always going to be tough and sure they proved that to us today."It's mentally tough more than anything. We're lucky to have a some pretty good coaches so we were well prepared for those things."
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