Catt said he understands why there would be criticism of the team’s performance, but he appeared somewhat bemused by the repeated questions about the impotence of the attacking game. Like his boss, Catt was adamant that an improvement in the players’ decision-making would see an uptick in Ireland’s attacking play. “We’ve got some deep thinkers in the team and some of them just need to free themselves up a little bit and go and play the game. “You know, if it’s not a big attacking game, can we be the best defensive team. I think we had 44 minutes ball in play against Wales and we only had seven lineouts to play off,” said Catt.

Source: Irish Independent February 23, 2021 02:26 UTC