Ireland head coach again points to Ireland’s missed opportunities despite bonus-point win in Rome
“On the back of that, they cut us open quite a few times with their attack. You talk about the game in that fashion, but to come away with a bonus-point win; we’ll take that and move on.”
“They continue to fight, we knew that was going to happen again in the second half after the little bit of a piggyback we gave them with the try before half-time. “I thought we showed great character actually, to just keep playing our game. We found a way. With 15, 20 minutes to go we found a way to keep getting over the gainline, keep asking some questions and the final try we scored was a class, character-type try.Ireland prop Tom O’Toole is tackled during the Six Nations game against Italy. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
“Obviously he went down straight away, which says something doesn’t it? He tried his best to fight on. He’s in a brace there in the changingroom, he says he’s fine but he always says that, so we will assess him again in the morning.” “But I thought they came through the game pretty well all in all. I thought we missed one or two chances that we need to review and realise, so there’s always room for improvement there.”“Of course. They are a good side. I mean, the two sides that have just played them were exactly the same. They are growing and have some great momentum within the game.
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