Andy Farrell gave England all the credit for their last-gasp 23-22 Six Nations win over Ireland at Twickenham.
England’s Marcus Smith celebrates scoring the winning drop goal during the Six Nations international rugby union match between England and Ireland at Twickenham Stadium in south-west London, on March 9, 2024. Image: Adrian DENNIS / AFPThe Ireland coach admitted his team had not done enough to win.
“We always prepare for every game for everyone to be at their best. I thought they were super tonight, I thought they were physical, they were challenging on the gain line and played a nice brand of rugby as well. To cut a long story short, I actually thought that England deserved to win.”Despite the result, Farrell says that he is pleased witjh where Ireland are at in their Six Nations tilt.
“We said from the beginning that we’d like to be in with a chance of winning the competition on the last day and here we are,” said Farrell as per “Look, the lads are realists, they’ll learn the lessons quickly. There’s not a problem at all about getting the lads back on track for next week. Six Nations are unbelievably difficult to come by. To win them you tend to have a lot of ups and downs.
“We’ve got to dust ourselves down tomorrow and make sure that we turn up with a smile on our face because we’ve got a championship to win next weekend.”
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