No ‘pats on the back’ for Ireland yet – BeirneImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Beirne impressed against England after shifting to the Ireland back row ByIssy ToddBBC Sport NI contributorPublished2 hours agoTadhg Beirne insists Ireland must remain focused as attention shifts to Friday’s Six Nations game with Wales in Dublin (20:10 GMT) following last week’s record away win over England.
With the tournament’s fallow week offering time for teams to regroup, the 34-year-old stated Ireland’s mindset is firmly fixed on improvement rather than just reflection.
“A better performance against Wales is what we’ll be chasing,” stated the Munster forward.
“You can’t just pat yourselves on the back and think it’s going to happen again. You have to focus on what went well, bank it, and then also focus on what to improve on.
“There’s no point saying that was a good performance, we’ll just do it again next week. It doesn’t work like that. You have to work incredibly hard to get those performances and it’ll be no different next week.
“We don’t want to just put in a good performances, we want to get better and that’s the challenge.”
