McKee: Performance in second test key to making strides

McKee - who was drafted into Greg McWilliams' set-up as an assistant coach for this window - believes there is another level that Nichola Fryday and her team-mates can reach in the second part of an historic summer tour.

MAKING A MARK: Coach John McKee. ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

It may have been a comprehensive victory for them in Saturday's first test, but John McKee insists there are a number of areas the Ireland women's rugby team can improve upon for their rematch with Japan in Tokyo this Saturday.

Despite falling 15-0 behind inside the opening-quarter at the Ecopa Stadium in Fukuroi City last weekend, Ireland subsequently blew off the cobwebs to come away with a 57-22 triumph. This is the highest tally an Irish team have accumulated in an international since claiming the Six Nations title in March 2015 with a 73-3 demolition of Scotland.