For the glass half-full fans, Ireland earned a win after last week’s despondency in France and for the glass half empty side Ireland held on by their fingertips against an Italian side yet to beat them in the Six Nations Championship.
Coach Andy Farrell was decidedly in the former group as he praised Ireland’s resilience, pointed out that there were errors but that they can at least meet England next week in Twickenham with pride regained.
“They [Italy] were trying to batter the door down at the end there,” said Farrell. “So, the resilience that we showed to win the game was fantastic to see. That’s the bigger picture stuff.
“Obviously, there’s too many errors within our game at certain times, but the character…