O’Sullivan keen to enjoy the moment

EDDIE O’Sullivan must feel like he has created a monster. No sooner had his backside found his seat for the post-match press conference than he was fielding questions about Ireland’s chances of winning the Six Nations and taking on the world in France next autumn.

“Can we talk about the autumn internationals first?” asked O’Sullivan who was understandably eager to dwell on the exceptional performances of the last three weeks.

“I’m happy with the autumn internationals, on the basis that we put in three good performances and on the basis that we tried to build our squad. We got as much from them as we could.