Andy Farrell calls on Ireland to finish with their best
Andy Farrell is calling on his players to go out with a bang in the final game of their Guinness Six Nations campaign tomorrow.
While they need France to slip up against England in order to have a chance at the title, a win against Scotland will see Farrell's side secure a Triple Crown and a second place finish at the very least.
Ireland have won three of their four games so far, but they're yet to hit the heights they reached last November, with the opening round win against Wales being their most rounded display of the spring.
And with just 80 minutes of Test rugby remaining between now and the summer tour of New Zealand, Farrell says his main message to the players this week is simple.
"Our best one," he said, when asked what type of performance is needed on Saturday.
"Putting it all together, it's never going to be perfect but I thought we dealt with really well, being calm and controlled in the red-hot heat of battle in Twickenham when they were coming back at us.
"The two tries were excellent, 13 phases - a great try. A set-piece play that everyone was in sync and on point regarding their job was great to see as well.
"We were able to be calm, keep playing our game but that could be better as well.
"For example, we'd three penalties given away on the trot so that's not to say we’ve got to a place now where we’ve been able to control our emotions etc, and practically we certainly haven’t. So the reason I’m saying that is because in that respect, all of our game is there to be improved and we expect a good performance from ourselves in all areas at the weekend."
Farrell (above) has made three changes for Saturday's visit of the Scots, Iain Henderson and Mack Hansen returning for injured pair James Ryan and Andrew Conway,