Schmidt: 'It's taken a while but we've got our rhythm back'

Joe Schmidt believes that his Ireland team has got its mojo back but the head coach has added the rider that the last Six Nations appointment of the year, away to Cardiff next Saturday, will be a much more complicated affair.

Ireland breezed to a 26-14 win against the French on Sunday afternoon, the concession of two late second-half tries masking the ease with which a side that had struggled through the first three rounds of the tournament did as they pleased for long stretches of the afternoon.