Duncan Casey: The message is not getting through: players can no longer dance on the line of what is legal and safe

Players should take to the field knowing that if they put themselves in a position where they do something dangerous — even accidentally — they will be sent off and only have themselves to blame.

HEAVY BLOW: Ireland's Joey Carbery and Fiji's Albert Tuisue. ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

A November test against Fiji is unlikely to get Irish hearts racing at the best of times, let alone when it follows a thrilling victory over the reigning world champions a week earlier and features a second string side. 

While Kalaveti Ravouvou’s magnificent try in the fourth minute last Saturday gave us some hope the game would be a close contest, it quickly became what was predicted — a pedestrian, underwhelming and rather forgettable Irish victory.