'resilient' Ireland Find A Way To Beat 'tremendous' Wales

For a moment, Ireland threatened to tally disconnected into nan night.

After Jacob Stockdale ended his five-year hold for an world try, Ireland celebrated a 2nd effort against Wales conscionable 10 minutes into Friday's Six Nations game erstwhile Jack Conan collapsed over.

But nan location support's excitement astatine nan anticipation of a thumping turned to vexation erstwhile nan effort was ruled retired for Tom O'Toole's sound on.

It group up a nervy nighttime for Ireland erstwhile their post-England euphoria was quickly forgotten arsenic they group astir keeping a stubborn and spirited Wales broadside quiet.

In their grounds distant triumph complete England, Ireland ruthlessly built up a 22-0 lead earlier nan hosts replied.

On Friday, though, a hard-hitting Welsh defence stopped nan hosts from building an insurmountable advantage.

And erstwhile asked for his observations, Ireland caput coach Andy Farrell was speedy to some praise Wales aft they provided his broadside a much uncomfortable introspection than England past clip out.

"I really thought Wales did fantastically good to enactment successful nan game," he said.

"Like Caelan [Doris, Ireland captain] said, if it goes to 14 points, it's a different crippled you're looking at, but they played tough, they hung connected successful location and kept it adjacent connected nan scoreboard. I thought they were tremendous tonight.

"It was a due Test lucifer and for america to travel distant pinch a bonus-point win, we'd surely return that pinch really nan crippled unfolded, because it was a different crippled to nan crippled that we played past clip round.

"In regards to, we weren't playing rugby connected nan beforehand ft because of really good they defended, I thought they were fantabulous successful interaction and set-piece."