Andy Farrell insists Ireland players have shed 'inferiority complex'

If a Farrell press conference is like this, goodness knows how empowering it must be for the players, hanging on their head coach’s every word inside the Irish camp.

ON A MISSION: Head coach Andy Farrell. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Andy Farrell has urged his Ireland team to embrace their world number one status and attack the challenge of reaching a World Cup semi-final head on in Saturday night’s quarter-final clash with New Zealand.

The Ireland boss yesterday named an unchanged starting line-up from the one that pulverised Scotland inside 40 minutes at Stade de France last Saturday and described why he felt his players had shed the “inferiority complex” he believes has hindered past teams in their failed attempts to go beyond the last eight at World Cup.