Farrell keen to learn from mistakes after Maori loss

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell says they will chalk this morning's 32-17 defeat to the Maori All Blacks down as a learning experience.

An inexperienced Ireland XV began the tour of New Zealand with a humbling 15-point loss in Hamilton, conceding four first half tries in a game they never looked like winning.

It's a rude awakening for Farrell's side, who will face the Maoris again in Wellington on 12 July.

The damage was done in the first half, with the Maoris scoring all 32 of their points, with tries for the outstanding Zarn Sullivan, as well as Brad Weber, Cullen Grace and Shaun Stevenson, while Josh Ioane chipped in with three conversions and two penalties.

"They thoroughly deserved the win," said Ireland head coach Andy Farrell.

"It was a tale of two halves, I think discipline was an issue for us, we sorted it a little bit out at half-time and played some really good stuff in the second half, and left two or three tries out there we should have done better with.

Farrell had named five uncapped players in his starting lineup, while all but three of the first XV had fewer than 10 international caps, with Farrell confident they can extract some positives out of the defeat.

"We're disappointed, we know it was a big week for the Maori boys but it was a big week for some of our guys playing for Ireland for the first time, and the lessons learned will be brilliant going forward. Some of our lads have tasted it for the first time, and will get another crack in a couple of weeks' time.

"There were some brilliant performances. We had a guy who stepped off a plane a couple of days ago [Niall Scannell] and fronted up brilliantly for us, we have young kids playing 80 minutes for the first time in an Irish shirt.

"There was some really