Ireland expect to improve v Italy after promising first Six Nations effort

Scott Bemand has vowed that Ireland will only get better as they rally after an opening Women's Six Nations defeat with Italy away up next.

Ireland's performance in the 27-15 defeat in Belfast was much improved on previous years against the tournament's second strongest outfit - but the mission for Ireland is to prove they are the best of the rest behind the French and hot favourites England.

"We’ve higher standards and in our last 18 months we have worked hard at firing shots. We let an opportunity go. We just let them off the hook. We had 14 handling errors, which is more than the French had. That's the reality of it. While back three stars Beibhinn Parsons and Méabh Deely won't be fit to return until later in the championship, Bemand is expected to bring Aoibheann Reilly in at scrum-half.

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