Farrell To Carry Out Review After Ireland Humbled By France In Six Nations

Andy Farrell is assured Ireland tin support gait pinch Test rugby’s starring sides arsenic he prepares to behaviour a frank post-mortem into a resounding 36-14 Six Nations loss to reigning champions France.

Farrell’s broadside were outclassed during Thursday evening’s one-sided tourney opener successful Paris connected nan backmost of broad autumn defeats by New Zealand and world champions South Africa. Ireland, who are hindered by a important wounded database amid a play of transition, besides suffered an emphatic 42-27 nonaccomplishment to Les Bleus past twelvemonth successful Dublin en way to surrendering nan title title.

Asked if he is optimistic Ireland tin adjacent what appears to beryllium a increasing spread to nan apical teams, caput coach Farrell replied: “I americium because I cognize nan group that we’ve got, nan bully group that we’ve got, nan bully players that are present but who are astatine location arsenic well. I cognize location is simply a wished group to make judge that we are perpetually up location astatine nan apical of world rugby to beryllium capable to compete, and that will ever beryllium nan case.”

Farrell accused his players of lacking intent during a dismal first-half show astatine Stade de France which culminated successful a 22-0 shortage pursuing tries from Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Matthieu Jalibert and Charles Ollivon. Bielle-Biarrey’s 2nd of nan evening accrued nan hosts’ advantage earlier Theo Attissogbe added further reward precocious connected aft consolation efforts from Ireland replacements Nick Timoney and Michael Milne.

“We person to [regroup] different nan disappointment stands for perfectly zero,” said Farrell, whose broadside big Italy adjacent Saturday. “We person to beryllium honorable pinch each different and opportunity it arsenic it is and rotation up to activity adjacent week and make judge that this stands for something. We request to usage it to make judge we springiness a amended showing of ourselves passim nan remainder of nan competition, starting pinch Italy adjacent week. You cannot play nan crippled astatine this level without having nan correct intention. It’s an absolute must and it’s nan first point that has to beryllium down connected nan database to make judge that it’s delivered each azygous clip we return nan field.”

Ireland astatine 1 shape looked successful threat of suffering a grounds conclusion by France and perchance being nilled successful nan process earlier yet drafting nan 2nd half 14-14. Captain Caelan Doris said: “The chair made a bully impact. There was immoderate bully resoluteness successful nan 2nd half but we don’t want to beryllium a squad that’s chasing.

“We near ourselves excessively large a upland to climb, and that’s down to immoderate passiveness successful D [defence], not being connected, not being ascendant successful collisions, allowing them to flourish pinch keeping nan shot live successful attack. It was Faz [Farrell] who chiefly said [at full-time], astir coming backmost into activity pinch an opinion. It doesn’t commencement astatine zero. There are immoderate bully lessons to study successful that, location was a batch of bully worldly successful nan prep. We’re going to person a heavy dive into really we tin make that better.”