Late drama can't mask Ireland's issues against lesser lights

On the evidence so far, Stephen Kenny's Ireland seem to better suited to tackling the big boys

International Friendly, Aviva Friendly, Dublin 29/3/2022

In the week the clocks went forward, Ireland were in danger of falling back until Troy the Boy became a man.

An inability to put away a team of Lithuania’s limitations would only have resurrected nightmares of similar struggles last year against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan, both also at home.