Donal Lenihan: Nobody said this Ireland transition would be smooth

Ireland's James Lowe tries to escape from Courtney Lawes and Max Malins of England. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

In the cold light of day, Ireland will reflect on a historic bonus point win in Twickenham in the knowledge that they will play far better in the future and lose.

England had only lost two Six Nations games in Twickenham in the last decade so a win of any description there has to be extremely valued. That said, the Irish players and management will dissect Saturday's 32-15 win to identify the surprisingly large number of areas requiring improvement to arrive at where they will need to be at next year’s World Cup in France.