White surprised by flat Irish display

SOUTH AFRICA’S World Cup-winning coach Jake White has expressed surprise at Ireland’s poor display in Saturday’s opening Autumn International at the Aviva Stadium.

The South Africans squeaked to a 23-21 victory over the hosts but a late, late scoring charge by Ireland papered over a shocking display which has put Irish rugby under the spotlight.

Ex-coach White watched the game at the weekend and admitted that the Irish set-piece display was “the worst I’ve seen (from them) in a while”.