Ireland Team Talk XII: Farrell's First Fifteen

Did Ringrose turn that over?

Jaysus that was clutch.

We had a clear lift on the ball prior to that that he totally ignored though.

We got the McCarthy try a min or so after a blatant and cynical hand on the deck from them (same as Ratima’s last week) and the JGP call was inconsistent and a bit harsh (his language was off - never called use it).

Random question, (unrelated to the opposition ha) but is eye-gouging gone from the game?

Huge defensive set. That was a big moment in the game.

Real curates egg of a half. We’ve played some lovely stuff but made some poor errors with regards handling and discipline.

I'm pretty sure he did called "use it" prior to counting?

The Virgin Media Player really is dog ****. Sound and vision out of sync and crashing every few mins.

Have to watch it in SD on Saorview

They’ve struggled to create anything though- we’ve given them cheap territory a few times with poor exits or penalties, but they’re not really breaking us down at all.

Very good half - big reaction. Our ball retention and ruck clearing accuracy is night and day from last week.

That Argentina strike move at the end was bizarre. Tap and 20 metre pass to your best carrier. It was so obvious what they were doing and Irelands defence was completely ready for it.

Penalty count and error count still too high (and lineout issues continuing too actually), but lots going so much better than last week.

It's still a pain having to watch it on SD in this and age.

We’ve scored three tries and came about as close to a fourth as you’ll come. We’ve shown some lovely attacking shape at times, and have largely retained the ball in their half at length for long periods.

We’ve given them an in with some soft penalties, but we’ve been the far better side here so far.

The Argentinian player was offside before he finished counting down, and the ball was still in the ruck. Didn't understand it. Should have penalized Argentina.