Loss To France 'has To Stand To' Ireland - Farrell

Thanks to their different Thursday commencement to nan campaign, Ireland will person 9 days to hole for nan sojourn of nan Azzurri.

While nan wounded count was precocious coming into nan tournament, Farrell felt his broadside came done their opener comparatively unscathed contempt "wounded pride, bangs and bruises", but a fierce action statement tin still beryllium expected.

Farrell rolled nan dice to an grade against Les Bleus, dropping James Lowe successful favour of Jacob Stockdale and giving Cian Prendergast an opportunity to commencement successful nan backmost row.

Given nan quality of nan consequence and nan truth that those coming disconnected nan chair lifted nan performance, admittedly pinch consequence already decided, location will beryllium calls for moreover greater change, but Farrell says he will look astatine nan "in-depth reality" of nan crippled earlier making decisions.

"It's evidently astatine nan forefront of our mind, action and really we get nan champion consequence for that," he added.

"Sometimes it's giving group different chance but we person to look astatine nan in-depth reality of really it went and enactment accordingly to that."