Lineout issues not a concern for Ireland - Tadhg Beirne

Tadhg Beirne says Ireland's lineout mishaps are not a concern to the team and is confident that they can be ironed out against Tonga.

The Six Nations champions lost four of 12 throws in the record victory over Romania on Saturday.

In the previous game, against Samoa in Bayonne, five of 21 throws went astray, in what were difficult conditions.

England also managed to disrupt the set-piece in the warm-up clash on 19 August.

"It's definitely not a concern for us," the Munster forward said.

"The Samoa game, the weather was particularly bad. Unless you were there, you probably didn't see how hard it was.

"Defensively, we've been really good in the lineout.

"We have probably just made a few unforced errors that are unlike us in terms of the lineout.

"To me, they're probably easy fixes and hopefully you'll be able to see those improvements this weekend."

Beirne scored two of Ireland’s 12 tries in the rout of Romania, including the last after the team went the length of the field in over-time, eschewing a chance to kick the ball dead.

"You could probably see from everyone's mindset on the field that we were probably going to have a crack from our own line," said 31-year-old Beirne, deployed on the flank against the Oak.

"We felt we could score another try and everyone had that mindset of 'why not have a go?'

"That's why we ended up getting the try from our own line.

"All those moments from the last four years where we've had a lot of conversations in terms of mindset, especially with Gary [Keegan, performance coach] and with 'Faz' [Andy Farrell] and all the coaching staff, they've all probably played a massive part for those moments at the end of games and where our heads are at.

"It's probably why we feel we're in a good place at the