Andy Farrell looks on the bright side despite Ireland's Twickenham setback

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell at Twickenham. Photo by Matt Impey/Sportsfile

Rarely can a Twickenham defeat have initiated such positivity in an Ireland dressing room as that which emanated from it on Saturday.

That will have come as a surprise to those who watched from afar and experienced a keen sense of deja vu from February, when England scored two early tries on the back of a series of Irish errors, then saw the visitors toil helplessly and unsuccessfully to negotiate an unrelenting white brick wall until it was all over bar the shouting.