Donal Lenihan: What, if anything, did Andy Farrell learn from Georgia win?
Ireland’s Jacob Stockdale goes high over Georgia’s Demur Tapladze and Akaki Tabutsadze during the Autumn Nations Cup game at the Aviva. Picture: Ryan Byrne
On a perfect day for rugby, a winning margin of 13 points against a side who had only managed a single try and seven points in total in their three autumn Tests against Scotland, England and Wales coming into this one must be seen as a disappointment from an Irish perspective.
After a promising opening half, full of attacking intent, two quality tries and a third disallowed for a marginal forward pass, one was entitled to assume that Ireland would kick on after the break against a Georgian squad in a rebuilding phase since losing a number of experienced campaigners after the 2019 World Cup in Japan.
