Mick Galwey has admitted Ireland were given a harsh lesson in rugby yesterday as England easily avenged last season's Lansdowne Road defeat. "Two weeks ago we were 50 points up. This time we have conceded almost 50. It's been a hard lesson for us," said the Munster lock.
"We knew winning was going to be tough and we knew the first 20 minutes would be vital but after those 20 minutes we didn't have possession. We were tackling them but they got their breaks and ran in a few tries. That made it difficult to compete, we were making the tackles but they just kept making space."
"At half-time we did regroup and in the second half we were attacking them but overall it was disappointing." He continued, "It is easy to go forward when you are winning, It's a much tougher test when you lose. The true test of this side is whether we can regroup in time for Scotland."
Ireland's next match is against Scotland at Lansdowne Road on March 2nd.
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