Jacob Stockdale has insisted Ireland have never considered themselves the world’s best Test team. Asked if there would be merit in reiterating that Ireland never branded themselves the world’s best, Stockdale replied: “Yes exactly; look we know we’re a good side and we want to make sure we don’t let ourselves down on the pitch. “But we know we’re not the finished product, and I don’t think anybody here has ever claimed us to be. For me personally that’s a massive point – I don’t want that to ever happen again. “It’s a tough one to analyse yourself when you’ve lost and you feel like nothing you did was good enough,” said Stockdale.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2019 19:52 UTC