Ireland can make tweaks before Twickenham test

While the 31-7 Guinness Six Nations win over Wales was never in doubt on Saturday, Ireland's dominance probably took them away from their usual standards and they didn’t cross for the expected bonus-point until the clock had gone over the 80-minute mark.

Andy Farrell's side will use this game as a tool to sharpen their axe. There were enough warning signs within their performance and they have small areas to work on if they want to continue their charge towards back-to-back Grand Slams, with an away trip to Twickenham on the cards next.

Ireland’s discipline wasn’t as good as they would like.

Referee Andrea Piardi was sharp on his whistle for both sides, which definitely increased the penalty count. However, Ireland won’t be happy with the entries that they afforded Wales.

Wales, by their own admission, are a team going through a huge rebuild. If Ireland gave those types of entries to a more experienced team, it may have been a different story.

Multiple times throughout the game, Ireland compounded one error or penalty with another. The only Welsh try was a penalty try, resulting in a yellow card for Tadhg Beirne, who changed his bind to affect the grounding of a probable try for Wales in the maul.

It started from a breakdown penalty that Andrew Porter gave away, poaching while Josh van der Flier was struggling to roll away. That led to another penalty from Joe McCarthy, being too eager in the counter-ruck at the breakdown and Wales finally got their reward in the resulting maul.

Wales also had a chance to close the gap to a one-score game in the second half. McCarthy gave away a penalty in the lineout, which led to Dan Sheehan being offside in the next phase of play and Wales turned down the shot at goal.

There were two moments