Still in the tackle zone?

He was straight behind the ruck, ball was out and the ruck was over, and he then came around play the ball in open play.

That's a horrendous call by Barnes.
Ball carrier on the ground. Three Welsh players and one Irish player on their feet in contact over the ball.

No longer a tackle. A ruck. No tackle zone applies. The ruck is over as soon as the ball leaves and anyone behind their offside line, like Tadhg Beirne, may play it.
Anyway, lookit, for all that it was a bad miss, it’s done. Stills from a clip from @threeredkings
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