The reset starts now for a bruised and battered Ireland after a weekend of soul-searching following their hammering by France in Paris last Thursday night. It also highlighted the need for Ireland to make instant amends for their defensive ills in Paris with an away game against the English upcoming in round three. “Well, look, you don't win a championship in the first game, so we'll reset on Monday and we'll go from there,” Milne said. We came to win,” Milne said. “I think just as a bench, we were just talking, it was that we really had an impact on physicality.

Source: Irish Examiner February 09, 2026 16:17 UTC