Healy: Work has only just begun

Cian Healy has warned Ireland have plenty of work to do to avoid a second successive offensive bombardment when England visit the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.

Loosehead prop Healy got on the scoresheet in Cardiff on Saturday with the second try of the game as Ireland jumped out into a 30-3 lead after 42 minutes of their RBS 6 Nations opener against Wales. Ireland won the game 30-22 but not before the home side and 2012 Grand Slam winners had closed the gap with three tries of their own and Healy and company had been forced to defend their line with 14 men for the last 20 minutes following yellow cards for Rory Best and then Conor Murray.

“We let off a bit too much, it’s something we’ve been trying to work on but we’re going to have to go back and sort it out because there was too much of a let off in the second half,” Healy said.