Simon Easterbi: Drueing to pass the “basic” test of Scotland and the continuation of inertia – Irvine Times

The men at Emerald Green followed their victory from the opening at home in England with a convincing triumph of 32-18 over Scotland to move four points, clean at the top of the table with a maximum transportation of 10 points.

Having struggled at times to return his game against the Red Rose, Easterby was impressed by the way Ireland was engaged in his business in Edinburgh to make 11 consecutive victories over the Scots and maintain on the way to the Grand Slam S

“England at home, the first championship match, what we did last week was not close to perfect,” said temporary chief coach Esterby.

“But we knew that Scotland would always be a major game in the relationship to move away from home, the history of the game, everything we felt we could put in place, and that did not disappoint about the presentation from our end.

“It was extremely important to do what we did and continued this inertia.

“I thought we were playing the right way from home and myself (Prendergast) was a big part of the way he dictated where we played in the game. Part of this was to force ourselves in Scotland and not let and not allow them to dictate at home the pace or momentum of the game.

“I think this is a vital part of the game away from home, making sure you are attacking the game the right way, but you are also playing in the right areas and allowing yourself to enter the game.”

Esterby thought it was a sign of Ireland’s mentality that they were dealing with the absence of key players Tadhg Furlong, Joe McCarthy and Mack Hansen against the Scots, and then gave up the Renaissance by the Gregor Townsend team, in which they closed the From 17-0 down to the revival of the team of Gregor Townsend, in which they closed from 17-0 to down to the team 17-11 at the beginning of the second half.

“We have encountered these challenges with our heads forward, I think in the last few years we have managed them,” he said. “We did not allow him to derail us in any way. This is just the group we have.

“The number of hats and experience we have in the group allows you to make good decisions at these times. This means that then we are quite calm and accurate on his back. “

The offer for the Ireland title continues a week on Saturday in Cardiff, where they are expected to stay as far as side of Wales, which suffered the 14th consecutive defeat after losing to Italy over the weekend.

“There is so much passion and so much support for their national team and at the moment they are in a difficult place,” Velikby said, evaluating Welsh.

“They were probably not particularly pleased with the weather (in Rome). Once they were behind, it was difficult to play in these conditions.

“But they certainly turned out to be when the game continued to intensify and managed to return to the game. They just probably didn’t have long enough to do it.

“We know this (Cardiff) is a hell of a place to go and play. The roof will be closed, the atmosphere will be like every time you play at the Principality of the Principality against Wales, 75,000 passionate people who want and will be their success team.

“I am a big believer in making sure we play every game as it comes and it will not be different.

“We will enjoy this week, a little stay, but we will make sure we are preparing well for this Wales challenge.”