Ireland’s unease about what Italy might throw at them proved unfounded yesterday as Andy Farrell’s side were comprehensive 48-10 winners in Rome. “I suppose we felt as a group that we weren’t a million miles away, so I think we certainly feel like it’s a step in the right direction, and a path to seeing better performances over the next few weeks. It’s nice coming after two losses and waiting a couple of weeks to try and put that right. “I thought we earned the right to score some points with the way that we approached the game in the first half. We approached the game in the right manner, we paid Italy the right respect.

Source: Irish Independent February 28, 2021 02:35 UTC