Take Chris Farrell, who within a minute of his Six Nations debut, was nailing Liam Williams with a thumping tackle. Take Chris Farrell, who within a minute of his Six Nations debut, was nailing Liam Williams with a thumping tackle. So dominant was his performance in France, you'd have understood had Ryan suffered a bit of a sophomore slump in his home Six Nations debut. Without much heed being passed there's been quite the restructuring going on with the Ireland team. Go back a year ago and the names of Stockdale, Ryan, Farrell and Porter would have been on nobody's lips when it came to discussing the international team.

Source: Irish Independent February 25, 2018 02:30 UTC