Trap: Job is only 50% done

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI wasn’t exactly jumping for joy when he entered the post-match press conference room last night, doubtless conscious that his interrogators would once more be drawing unflattering distinctions between the show and the result.

And also because, as he acknowledged, there is another job of work to be done next month.

But for the Ireland manager, the quiet satisfaction had been in watching his team, however haltingly, come out on top against a side for which he has developed considerable admiration.