Rúaidhrí O'Connor

One or two still go away.

But if you compare it to Ireland's and the concerns we have there, the signs are good considering this is largely the Ireland pack.

So they've quietly fixed that.

Their scrum is quite strong at the moment.

And that's a good thing as well.

Yeah, and then Dan Sheehan left one slip off his hand, which is obviously what happens.

And that happened once on Saturday, but it was still very slick and you could rely on it.

You know, Byrne is kicking well, their line kicking is good.

There are elements of their game that are going well, but in terms of that, the defence still has that vulnerability that Eddie mentions, albeit they only coughed up one try.

There were moments where it looked...

in trouble and then their attack just doesn't look as fluent as we've come to expect it it did at times against la rochelle and against connacht and saturday was a tough day for your attack and that first phase move you know accepting the point about the forward pass was good i think they're better in attack with prendergast on the pitch they're better in defense with burn on the pitch burn is the better goal kicker um i don't think it was a great game for him but he got 80 minutes as a starting not 10 because prendergast had to play 15 and it was pretty good at 15 so i

There are elements they're nudging towards being better.

They're nowhere near where you would expect them to be.

They don't need to be that good to beat Edinburgh, I would say, at home.

I don't think they need to be that good, although they need to be wary of premiership opposition based on previous experience at home to Harlequins or Sail Sharks in the quarterfinal.

I think they need to be very good to beat Glasgow Warriors away from home based on what I saw last night from Glasgow Warriors.

If it's Toulon at home, Stormers at home, they need to be good.

They don't need to be exceptional.

So they can build, build, build, build.

And then whoever comes through that horrific other side of the draw, I assume it'll be Bordeaux because I think Bordeaux are the best team in Europe right now.