A tough watch for most the game.
Here are our player ratings after Ireland scrape past Italy by 22-17 in Rome.
It was a relatively poor performance from the men in green, as they looked sluggish and off the pace.
Thankfully, one man in particular had a stormer.
Ireland player ratings:
Andrew Porter – 6.5
Scrum was solid and not much more to say really.
Dan Sheehan – 8.5
A hat-trick, made the most metres of any forwards, and chipped in with 15 tackles.
Safe to say he is back.
Finlay Bealham – 6.5
Once again, didn’t do much wrong and scrum was solid.
James Ryan – 6
Made a couple of errors in the loose and didn’t get through as much work as his lock partner.
Tadhg Beirne – 6.5
Not his most impactful game but was excellent at set piece.
Jack Conan – 7
Played the 80 minutes and was Ireland’s go-to man for go-forward ball.
Josh van der Flier – 5.5
A game that really passed him by and was taken off for Peter O’Mahony on 51 minutes.
Caelan Doris – 7
Far from his best, but he is a man incapable of having a bad match, such is his work rate and all-round game.
Jamison Gibson-Park – 6.5
Was having one of his worst showings in green but a beautiful cross-field assist for Sheehan’s hat-trick was crucial.
Jack Crowley – 6
Had some nice assists for Hugo Keenan, one of which was disallowed.
Had a shocker off the tee and would have been a lower score had that cost Ireland.
James Lowe – 7
Such a danger man, and showed his quality with an unreal assist for Hugo Keenan, which was disallowed after the touch judge wrongfully put up his flag too early.
Robbie Henshaw – 6
Didn’t do too much wrong, but has looked sluggish the last two games.
Garry Ringrose – 6
His pace was expected to make a difference from last week, but he did not have the impact he would have wanted.
Mack Hansen – 7
His best game in green since returning from his injury last year, and would have been Ireland’s best back had he not been poor for two of Italy’s tries.
Hugo Keenan – 7
Solid as ever from Keenan.
Replacements:
16. Gus McCarthy – 6
17. Jack Boyle – 6
18. Tadhg Furlong – 6.5
19. Joe McCarthy – 6
20. Peter O’Mahony – 6
21. Conor Murray – 6
22. Sam Prendergast – 6
23. Bundee Aki – 6.5
