Ireland boss Scott Bemand: Finally nice to just get a win

Scott Bemand was delighted his team were able to take the "next step" as Ireland recorded a first Six Nations win under their new coach.

Bemand took over last season and led the side to the WXV3 title but suffered opening defeats to France and Italy at the start of his first Six Nations campaign.

However at Musgrave Park, a clinical Ireland ran in five tries against Wales to earn a 36-5 win.

"I'm delighted for the girls, to be honest," Bemand said. "I keep talking about how hard everyone trains and I keep talking about identity.

"We know we were under a kind of process so it's finally nice to just get a win. We can’t get too carried away with it, it’s the next step.

"It's great for the girls to able to put a performance on, a winning performance and give the Irish crowd something to get behind.

"We’ve always got a performance in us. We knew that the Welsh have got some strengths.

"It was a match-defining moment about two and a half minutes in when they get their first maul and the forwards keep them out.

"It’s funny what momentum and confidence can do to a group.

"We knew that the maul was something we’d have to deal with and I’m so pleased for the girls that they’ve been able to prove to themselves that they can do it.

"We’ve seen it coming, we know it’s coming but look it's only a game isn’t it and there’s two more to go so we’ll dust ourselves off pretty quick."

After blowing multiple opportunities to get that elusive win over Italy two weeks ago, Bemand was happy with the team's decision-making and ability to take their chances.

"You would have seen the Italy game where we created opportunities but weren't quite clinical enough under pressure and people were asking us plenty about that," he said.

"We've just continue to work on