Six Nations: Easterby unlikely to let Ireland’s miserly defence rest on their laurels

“There was a huge amount of work-rate, we scrambled well and we only conceded three defensive penalties. We conceded seven penalties in total but I guess we didn’t give them massive access into our half or into our 22,” he added in highlighting the discipline of Ireland’s defence.

“So, there was lots of positives. A very good attacking team with massive individual threats and we kept them to one try, but on the other side of that there’s plenty to work on and plenty of individual and team fix-ups that we can be better at.” “They nearly scored the try of the century against New Zealand a couple of years ago [from] behind their own goal-line and they have the ability to hurt you from deep.

While Shaun Edwards describes Gael Fickou as the ‘captain’ of his defence, Easterby said the calls for Ireland’s line speed and alignment is more a shared responsibility. “The Mack [Hansen] intercept that gave Hugo [Keenan] the chance for Mack to get a second touch only to be stopped by [Antoine] Dupont on the line, that’s good defence that is turning defence into attack.

Easterby confirmed that Johnny Sexton is in line to resume training next Monday while Dan Sheehan could come back into the mix along with Ronan Kelleher and Rob Herring, pending the latter completing his Return to Play protocols.

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