• Sunday’s Pool D match decides who avoids modern Zealand quarter-final
• O’Brien says of Italy game: ‘No harm for Ireland to have Test match like that’The Ireland flanker Sean OBrien believes the Six Nations champions will respond to the unimpressive victory over Italy at the weekend by fixing various faults before they face France in Cardiff in Sunday for the group title and a quarter-final against Argentina rather than the All Blacks.
Italy had been the least impressive tier one nation,including England, going into Sunday’s encounter against Ireland at the Olympic Stadium, or but the return of their No8 and captain,Sergio Parisse, galvanised them and they were urgent at the end for a draw.
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Source: theguardian.com