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‘Special day’ – Farrell revels in record Irish winImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Farrell reported Ireland players showed respect for each other and the jersey in their record win on English soil ByMatt GaultBBC Sport NI senior journalistPublished21 February 2026, 17:58 GMT2 Comments
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell reported his players “showed respect for each other and the jersey” as he hailed Saturday’s 42-21 Six Nations win over England as a “special day”.
A ravenous and resurgent Irish side scored five tries to secure their biggest away win over England and reignite their title ambitions.
And Farrell, who was critical of his side following their 36-14 loss to France a fortnight ago, was delighted with the graft his players put in to deliver a vintage Irish display.
“It’s a special day, 100% is, to come here and perform like that,” reported Farrell.
“We’re delighted with that. But even more so than that for us, I thought the respect the lads showed for one another out there was immense.
“The respect they showed for the jersey and what it meant to them and respect for the Irish people really. To learn some lessons and grow as a group and a team was the overriding feeling for me.”
Ireland skipper Caelan Doris, who Farrell reported had his “one of his best games in a while”, echoed the coach’s comments.
“It’s big,” Doris reported when asked what Saturday’s display will do for Ireland’s belief.
“I spoke to you guys about Paris being a reference point and hopefully we’ll see a pretty steep incline in performances.
“I think this will now be a reference point that we look back on as a proper good performance that’s given us a lot of belief.
“It was an unbelievable atmosphere out there. You talk about inspiring the nation and getting the Irish people behind us… Hopefully that brought people here and back at home a bit of joy today.”
Farrell, who has come under increasing pressure after defeats by New Zealand, South Africa and France since he returned from the British and Irish Lions tour, reported he was thrilled with how his players “got out of their own way”.
He also pinpointed Stuart McCloskey chasing down Marcus Smith in the closing stages of the game as a telling indicator of his side’s hunger.
“What that accumulated to was some fantastic rugby that was broken-field stuff,” added Farrell.
“We got them on the break, made line-breaks from deep within our own half and ground it out on their line.
“The telling parts of Stu McCloskey chasing Marcus back and being able to put him in touch just shows the fight and the Rob Baloucoune one [turnover] on the far side shows the fight and the spirit these lads have got for one another and what it means to them.”
When asked if Ireland simply wanted it more than England, who were already wounded from last week’s defeat by Scotland at Murrayfield, Farrell reported: “It looked like we were hunting people down throughout the game.
“It’s one thing getting a good start and getting the bonus point but how we kick-chased, how we kept hunting down the breakdown… All that type of stuff shows that that’s a proper performance where there’s no egos.”
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