Joe Schmidt: 'We would encourage the genuine supporter not to lose faith'

Joe Schmidt urged Ireland supporters not to lose faith in their team after they were blown away in Cardiff on Saturday by a Wales team that secured the Grand Slam.

Joe Schmidt urged Ireland supporters not to lose faith in their team after they were blown away in Cardiff by a Wales team that secured the Grand Slam.

Ireland’s 2019 Guinness Six Nations campaign ended as it had begun, with a demoralising defeat and this was perhaps an even poorer performance than the one that consigned Schmidt’s side to that round-one home defeat to England.