Despite trailing with a 13-5 deficit at half-time, the Irish team managed to secure a victory against adversity, highlighted by the coach's honest assessment of their performance.
Ireland head coach says team were ‘feeling sorry’ for themselves at half-time before turnaround in the second half“The big picture of the game is that I’m really proud of the victory because it was hard-fought in the end against a bit of adversity, so delighted to get the win.”
“We were feeling sorry for ourselves but you’ve no right to think that everything’s going to go your own way, all singing, all dancing the whole time.Ireland's Cian Healy and Caelan Doris. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho “Our stats over the last however many years have been really good in the sense that if we get in front early in the first half, our winning percentage is pretty high. It’s not as great when you’re losing but to be eight points down and find a way is very pleasing for us.”
“He had some nice playing. I don’t know what you thought about the quick tap. There was a water boy on, I think they said, but the referee had given the mark so that’s nice, innovative stuff from him. “I suppose there’s a little bit of you’ve nothing to lose when you’re behind and the performance isn’t as good as it should be but they didn’t just try to fit in, they tried to add in many departments but mainly with the energy and the grunt.”
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