We were poor, admits O'Connell
Ireland’s man of the match Paul O’Connell admitted his side were well off the pace in their 26-16 victory over Italy in the RBS 6 Nations at Lansdowne Road.
Jerry Flannery and Tommy Bowe, controversially, both scored tries with the boot of fly-half Ronan O'Gara doing the rest, although Mirco Bergamasco’s try was the least the Italians deserved.
“It was a very tough game. We probably didn’t play that well but they played very well,” the Munster lock told BBC1.
“They put us under a lot of pressure. We are going to have to make a big step up next week against France.
“In some ways they (Italy) have a very strong 22 players and they can rival anyone. We met them in our first game and they were mightily pumped up. We were miles off where our ambitions are but next week hopefully we can turn things around and put in a big performance.”
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