Andy Farrell: 'We weren’t able to pay the game the respect it deserved' 

Jonathan Sexton looks on during the Autumn Nations Cup match between Ireland and Georgia. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Simply not good enough. If Andy Farrell was seething after this muddled second-half performance from his Ireland players he was doing a good job of disguising it but the head coach’s frustration was still plain to see.

After a disappointing defeat at Twickenham the previous weekend this was not the style of victory to raise Farrell’s or Irish supporters’ spirits. That the Georgians themselves were frustrated in seeing yesterday’s Autumn Nations Cup contest as an opportunity missed tells you all you need to know about Ireland’s deficiencies against a Tier Two nation that had not managed a single point in this competition until their visit to Dublin.