Rory O'Connor

How do you explain it?

Well, I think first off, look, we were talking about Andy Farrell and getting the strategy right.

The defensive strategy was right, which we talked about earlier.

Like even when to chop tackle, when to choke tackle.

Like we got their key runners on the ground, like the likes of Pollock.

He was so frustrated because we had guys just coming in, chopping him at the knees, getting him on the ground.

He was trying to go again, but it was over for him.

But it took bravery to stick to that defense and have trust in the players that, no, this is the system that we're running and I'm backing you guys to make the right decisions at the right time, which they did.

As regards attacking strategy, we were really brave.

You think kicking from your own half, that's international rugby.

Just do it efficiently and do it as quickly as possible.

We had the bravery to play multi-phase from our own half.

There's not many teams that are doing that.

Correct.

Yeah.

But if you're trying to be a copycat, you're never going to win consistently.

Yeah.

Totally.

And that's where as well, it's not only is it playing multi-phase, it's playing to the width.

So as a coach, you have to be able to uncover flaws in the opposition.