'Continuity is pretty important as well.' Ireland are unlikely to make sweeping changes for the Italy game.
IT’S A GOOD measure of how tough a game it was in Dublin on Saturday that only 10 of Ireland’s matchday 23 were able to head upstairs for commercial duties in the Aviva Stadium afterwards.
Not that Ireland will rest on their laurels. After a couple of days off, Farrell will have his key men back in camp on Wednesday – others will play for their provinces in the URC this weekend – and they’ll train against the Ireland U20s later this week as attention turns towards a trip to face Italy on 25 February.
“It’s a tough one for us because every Test match is always a pressurised situation anyway but they’re a good side, they’re playing some unbelievable rugby as we know through the autumn and they’ve started like that again,” said Farrell. Meanwhile, Dan Sheehan, Jamison Gibson-Park, and Cian Healy are sidelined with hamstring injuries, while Tadhg Furlong is still rehabbing his calf issue. Farrell said he may be able to count on a couple of them for the Italy game.
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