Ireland flattered by winning margin – Farrell

Ireland flattered by winning margin – FarrellFigure caption, Highlights: Ireland secure bonus point win over JapanByMatt GaultBBC Sport NI senior journalistPublished34 minutes agoIreland boss Andy Farrell was “more relieved than anything” after his side battled through a scrappy performance to beat spirited Japan in the Nations Championship.Tries from Nick Timoney, Tom O’Toole, Robbie Henshaw, debutant Sean Jansen and Tom Stewart helped Ireland win 36-20 at McDonald Jones Stadium in the Australian city of Newcastle.Taira Main and Hayate Era crossed for Japan, but Ireland finished with a flourish to deny the Brave Blossoms just a second win in 12 meetings between the sides.”If you look at it, the scoreline is the scoreline, but it flattered us a little bit, especially with stop-start nature of the game, the errors and stuff like that,” stated Farrell.”But I was just saying to the lads that that happens in sport when you tinker a lot. We put them under a lot of pressure this week as coaches with the changes, the different combinations, lads not playing for a long time.”All in all, with the experience that they’ve got and the takeaways, it’s a good night at the office for us.”Ireland hold off spirited Japan for bonus-point win