Paula Fitzpatrick: Ireland must tackle indiscipline

Captain Paula Fitzpatrick admits Irish discipline must improve if they are to maintain their perfect start to the RBS Six Nations away to Italy tomorrow afternoon (1pm, live on RTE Two).

Fitzpatrick’s side scraped to victory against Scotland in their opening game last weekend (22-15) and were thankful their opponents failed to land a number of penalties in the second half. Fitzpatrick has vowed to learn the lessons from their trip to Broadwood Stadium when they face an improving Italy in Stadio Tommaso Fattori.

“The main issues we had against Scotland were around discipline. We gave away too many penalties, put them on the front foot. Things like handling errors, as well, really let us down. Those are very, very fixable things. We’d be looking to put it right this weekend.”