Alun Wyn Jones has brushed off a training ground incident which left him with a black eye in the build-up to Wales' 21-16 victory over Ireland.
It emerged on Sunday morning that Jones had been punched by team-mate and fellow second-row Jake Ball, leaving the Wales skipper with a bruised eye as he took to the field.
In the post-match press conference, Jones appeared keen to move on from the matter.
An exchange with a journalist went as follows:
Question: How’s your eye?
Alun Wyn Jones: "Fine, thanks."
Q: What happened in the week there?
AWJ: "With regards to what?"
Q: With the fact that you have a black eye there.
AWJ: "It’s just a game isn’t it. I’m sure there is a queue of 100 so we'll just move on."
Prior to the press conference, in the post-match TV interview, the Wales captain was asked whether he had forgiven Jake Ball for giving him that shiner.
Jones laughed and, after a momentary pause, replied: "A team's a team."
During the match, former Wales and Lions captain Sam Warburton, appearing as a pundit for the BBC, shone a light on how these sorts of incidents can happen.
"The boys are just desperate to play for their country", he said.
"You pick the team on a Tuesday, you pick a team of 15, there's 36 of you in a squad, there's a lot of guys there pretty annoyed they're not playing so sometimes emotions spill over.
"I said there's normally a bit of a dust-up every campaign, Martyn burst out laughing at that because in his days [it was] a bit more frequent.
"It happens, boys are emotional, they want to play for their country."
Former England captain Martin Johnson said: "It's been known to [happen] occasionally.
"It may just reflect where Wales are. They're under a little bit of pressure, they're all going to be tense.
"Training gets a bit fractious and, honestly, sometimes players like that, coaches like that.
"It means everyone's in that right frame of mind, they know what it means and they're up for the game."
Welsh rugby legend Jonathan 'Jiffy' Davies, commentating on the match, added: "I think if you're the captain or not, if you step over the line in training you cop one.
"I think the pressure on the Welsh camp in general, they're all in lockdown, and yeah, things like that do happen."
