Rugby-Ireland Have Work To Do For England Test, Farrell Says – News18

DUBLIN: Ireland have a “bit of fixing to do” in the event that they wish to hold their Six Nations Grand Slam bid heading in the right direction towards England after a cushty however not totally passable 31-7 victory over Wales on Saturday, coach Andy Farrell stated.

Although Ireland made it three bonus level wins from three and boast a plus-81 factors distinction that exhibits their dominance, Farrell stated his aspect could be “licking their wounds a little bit” watching the remaining weekend motion.

He was important of his crew’s passiveness in assault within the first half and failure to benefit from their dominance within the scrum, however praised the large impression of his ahead-heavy pack in incomes the bonus-level late on.

“I suppose the bottom line is we got there in the end by being really tenacious and tough. We wanted to be better today but the opposition always has a say in that and Wales certainly did today,” Farrell stated.

“We’ve a bit of fixing to do and hopefully we can get better for Twickenham.”

While Ireland are victories over England and Scotland away from a second successive championship clear sweep, Wales face the prospect of a possible remaining day picket spoon decider towards Italy, ought to they fail to upset France.

Coach Warren Gatland stated his inexperienced crew might take an enormous quantity from the efficiency, likening it to his time as a participant with Waikato in New Zealand once they suffered large losses to Auckland earlier than turning the tables on their rivals.

“I can’t question the effort of the players and just how hard they worked,” Gatland informed a information convention, saying the scoreline mirrored the better expertise of the Irish aspect.

“We’ve said all along that it’s about the development of this team. It’s making sure that we keep working as hard as we’ve been doing, keep getting better. It’s all about the learnings for us.”

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