The bulk of the Irish pack, including the entire frontrow, which started Ireland’s last three Six Nations games will return to the Leinster side over the course of the next two weeks.
Unsurprisingly therefore, scrum coach Robin McBryde says the lessons from the difficult day in Twickenham have already been absorbed in advance of playing Munster at Thomond Park in the URC next Saturday and Connacht at the Sportsground in their European Champions Cup Last 16 first leg six days later.
Mathieu Raynal awarded six full penalties against the Irish scrum in Twickenham and McBryde said on Monday: “We discussed it as a unit really. When you get days like that, you’v …

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