Captain Caelan Doris mentioned Eire “confirmed what we’re able to” as they began their quest for a 3rd straight Six Nations title with a bonus-point win over England.
England led 10-5 on the break however tries from Bundee Aki, Tadhg Beirne and Dan Sheehan in a dominant second-half show sealed a 27-22 victory for the holders.
“It’s undoubtedly satisfying,” mentioned Leinster again row Doris.
“Momentum is large on this competitors. You may’t win it within the first spherical, however you possibly can lose it primarily or dampen your possibilities.
“I believe we confirmed what we’re able to at instances. It was a great 10 days main as much as this and there’s a robust perception within the plan now we have inside our assault.
“As we get deeper into the event, it will be one thing we have to get stronger with and we have to develop.”
Eire had been edged out by England in a Twickenham thriller final yr and Steve Borthwick’s facet threatened to stage an upset in Dublin following a massively energetic first-half show.
However Doris insists Eire’s perception that they might “break” England by no means waned.
“We wanted to get again to doing issues our means,” added 26-year-old Doris, who earned his forty eighth cap in Saturday’s win.
“A sense on the finish of the primary half that we thought we had been going to interrupt them – and once we had been moving into their 22 and rating zone, issues had been going to occur for us.”
