Ireland’s ‘bench-fuelled rally’ pleases Farrell

And breathe. True, as Gerry Thornley puts it in his match report, it was “a wild, fluctuating, rollercoaster of a game”, but a “bench-fuelled rally” helped Ireland get the job done against Italy. A relieved Andy Farrell saluted his team’s “resilience”, while conceding that there’s a bit of tidying up to be done before they take on England in Twickenham next Saturday. The eternal debate: will Sam Prendergast or Jack Crowley start that game? Whatever decision he makes, Farrell has had his fill of the “keyboard warriors” who have targeted both young outhalves over the...