Joe Schmidt: Slow start not down to complacency

"We were sluggish, we got some really good field position in the first half and didn't convert. That was frustrating."

Joe Schmidt: Slow start not down to complacency

Joe Schmidt insists the "sluggish" start in Scotland that could blow Ireland's RBS 6 Nations championship hopes was not down to complacency.

Ireland were 15 minutes late arriving at Murrayfield on Saturday, then Schmidt admitted his side failed to turn up in the first-half in Edinburgh.

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