Paul O'Connell: Lineout execution levels not where they needed to be 

New Zealand had made no secret of their intention to go after the Irish set-piece in their bid to avenge last November’s Dublin defeat and limit one of the tourists’ key attacking platforms.

NOT GIVING UP: Paul O'Connell is frustrated by the number of errors out of touch by Ireland. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

No-one in the Ireland camp will have felt the agony of a misfiring lineout more than Paul O’Connell did at Eden Park but the forwards coach is not about to start ripping up the playbook just yet.

New Zealand had made no secret in the build-up to last weekend’s series opener of their intention to go after the Irish set-piece in their bid to avenge last November’s Dublin defeat and limit one of the tourists’ key attacking platforms.