Ireland must raise bar again for Springboks challenge

Easterby said he hoped Ireland could finish the November series on a high with the team’s best performance of this Test window to put a positive spin on the month’s efforts.

RAISE THE BAR AGAIN: Ireland may have made a significant return to form in delivering a record victory over Australia but they have been told they will need to go to another level if they are to overcome South Africa in Dublin this Saturday. Picture: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Ireland may have made a significant return to form in delivering a record victory over Australia but Caelan Doris’s side have been told they will need to go to another level if they are to overcome South Africa in Dublin this Saturday.

Defence coach Simon Easterby was talking after the squad returned to the training field at the IRFU High Performance Centre in Abbotstown on Tuesday and his acknowledgement that the back-to-back world champions’ game possessed unique attributes for the Irish players to negotiate this week came three days after a 46-19 defeat of Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies at Aviva Stadium.