Joe Schmidt: 'This is our home. This is two years we haven't been beaten here. We wanted to keep that'

Schmidt feared that Ireland would be denied victory in a repeat of 2013, his first outing against his native country as Ireland head coach.

Joe Schmidt: 'This is our home. This is two years we haven't been beaten here. We wanted to keep that'

Joe Schmidt feared that Ireland would be denied victory in a repeat of 2013, his first outing against his native country as Ireland head coach.

Ireland won 16-9 in a nailbiting finale after Jacob Stockdale's stunning set-piece try gave Ireland the crucial lead.

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