Andy Farrell bemoaned psychological lapses in Eire’s defeat by New Zealand in Chicago.
Eire led 13-7 after an hour regardless of a controversial 20-minute purple card for Tadhg Beirne however the All Blacks hit again to assert a 26-13 victory.
“It is what we talked about earlier than the sport, it is psychological switch-offs, psychological sharpness, lapses of focus for 2 or three seconds, and also you get damage,” mentioned Farrell on the BBC.
“It is one thing that we have been conscious of earlier than the sport, and it is one thing that you just be taught over the course of a season to get higher at, however, if you wish to win massive video games like this, on massive events like right here in Soldier Area, that is what it’ll take, and we weren’t ok.”
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Farrell, again answerable for Eire after his British and Irish Lions sabbatical, will now flip his ideas to the remaining Autumn Internationals towards Japan, Australia and South Africa in Dublin.
“I am dissatisfied to lose any recreation,” he mentioned. “Once you play a top-tier aspect, a world-class aspect like New Zealand, you all the time need to decide your self towards that sort of opposition, and you then put the event and all that collectively and it hurts slightly bit extra.
“Understanding why that occurred is clearly key for us now, and addressing all that, and ensuring that we transfer ahead fairly shortly for what is clearly a reasonably essential autumn arising.”
