Ireland will not be losing sleep over Steve Hansen’s suggestion they are struggling with the pressure of being “top dog” since beating his All Blacks side last November, their coach Simon Easterby said. Defence Coach Simon Easterby. It’s different when you’re sitting at the top of the tree. Not many teams cope with it that well.”Reacting to that statement, forwards coach Easterby said: “No, we don’t necessarily see it like that. Easterby said far from lacking in confidence, the Ireland squad had put in a training session yesterday that “was one of the best we’ve had for a good while.

Source: Irish Examiner March 07, 2019 05:37 UTC