Preview: Andy Farrell has done his talking time for players to react

Soon after Le Reality Check came the rallying call. "You've got to show a bit of fight and intent, and we lacked a bit of that in the first half," said a stunned looking Andy Farrell moments after his team traipsed off the pitch following the worrying 36-14 loss to France in which he added they were "second best by quite a stretch". A damning indictment of his team but the boss is fully aware that it's also on the coaches to get their side to the pitch of the battle. Ireland were second best across the board in round one, conceding five tries to two (acoring theirs when the game was effectively over), missing 35 tackles to 21, conceding six penalties to four, making just five linebreaks to...