Andy Farrell wasn’t happy with the line of questioning when speaking to reporters after Ireland’s Autumn Nations Series loss to New Zealand, a result which brought a 19-game winning streak in Dublin to a halt.
“After one game, it’s amazing really isn’t it, that we’re talking about s**t like that,” was how he put it when asked if he was worried about the team’s future.
He subsequently got the results he wanted but the performances in wins over Argentina and Australia were off the mark, as many players have alluded to in the build-up to the Guinness Six Nations.
There was more to come, they insisted, it wasn’t the end of the line for this bunch of back-to-back champions.
There was some…