Georgia provide learning opportunities for Ireland to ease growing pains 

The Eastern Europeans have been beaten 40-0 by England and 18-0 by Wales in their two previous outings

Tadhg Beirne and James Ryan training earlier in the week. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

The toughest examination of the autumn may be over for Andy Farrell’s inexperienced squad but that does not mean school’s out this weekend, even if tomorrow’s Test against Georgia is the easiest class on the timetable.

Certainly the head coach will want to see lessons learned from the numerous mistakes made at Twickenham last Saturday in an 18-7 defeat to England way more emphatic than the scoreline suggests.