Farrell takes pride in Irish win over Boks but World Cup is 'miles off.'
James Ryan carries for Ireland. Image: Dan Sheridan/INPHO THERE WAS NO public outpouring of jubilation from Ireland last night, no raucous celebration of a win over the reigning world champions.
He saw the likes of Hugo Keenan and Jamison Gibson-Park, who hadn’t played since the summer tour of New Zealand, being hugely influential. Farrell saw how a massive squad of more than 50 players had pitched in together over the past week. He loved how Jimmy O’Brien stepped up from the A team to make such an impressive debut off the bench. He saw how his Irish pack went head-first into a huge scrum and maul battle with the Boks.
“You would think that Hugo and Jamison had been playing for the last five or six weeks and that’s because of the culture, the attitude, the want to get better time and again that is infectious day in and day out with this squad. I thought we showed fantastic spirit.
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