Ireland were never more than six points behind during the championship and combined grit and guile to produce their signature free-flowing rugby amid substantial injury adversity. Head coach Farrell was pleased with the control his squad displayed during the competition but is striving for improvement moving towards the autumn World Cup in France. “And it’s nice, isn’t it, to have that blend and to put that out on the field and believe in it? “We said from day one that we wanted to win the Grand Slam and we went about it as a squad. “It’s never been perfect but the game is not like that, so the mental strength of our game and large parts of our game are in a good place.

Source: The Herald March 20, 2023 20:58 UTC