Shaking off indiscipline now crucial as Ireland go in search of 80-minute performance

Reducing the penalty count to single figures is top of the priority list
Shaking off indiscipline now crucial as Ireland go in search of 80-minute performance

LEADING THE PACK: Ireland captain Caelan Doris. Pic: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

There is still much for Ireland to put right after a couple of inconsistent November performances but Caelan Doris believes fixing his side’s current disciplinary issues can go a long way to making that happen against Fiji on Saturday afternoon.

Having conceded 13 penalties to both New Zealand in a 23-13 defeat and Argentina in a 22-19 victory on consecutive Friday nights at Aviva Stadium, reducing the count to single figures is top of the priority list for Andy Farrell’s much-changed Ireland team in this third game of the Autumn Nations Series.

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