'The respect we have for New Zealand is through the roof. Hopefully they've a bit of respect for us'

It wasn’t all perfect for Ireland who have a handful of injury concerns over James Lowe, Mack Hansen and James Ryan. 

MAN OF THE MOMENT: Centurion Peter O'Mahony celebrates Ireland's win over Scotland.

Andy Farrell has hailed Ireland’s “special” performance against Scotland but thoughts are already turning towards next Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final with New Zealand back here in northern Paris.

The Six Nations champions destroyed Scotland, putting up 36 points in the first hour before conceding a pair of consolation tries and it was more than enough to secure top spot for them in Pool B having won all four of their games.