'Three or four games in one' as Ireland 'win ugly'

Ireland caput manager Andy Farrell said his broadside held their nervus and "just astir got there" aft they came done a chaotic Autumn Nations Series lucifer against Argentina with a nail-biting 22-19 win.

Clearly driven aft their 19-game location unbeaten tally was ended by New Zealand, Ireland raced into a 12-0 pb and held a 13-point vantage astatine half-time.

But Ireland struggled against a resurgent Argentina successful the 2nd fractional and were held scoreless, with the Pumas falling conscionable abbreviated of a historical archetypal triumph connected Irish soil.

"It was 3 oregon 4 games successful one, wasn't it?" said Farrell.

"Obviously, the overriding feeling is we're delighted to get the win. There's a fewer things that we needed to larn from past week and immoderate things that we didn't code connected the field.

"We said past week we had a accidental of winning ugly. We did that this week, truthful that's a plus."

Like successful the New Zealand crippled past week, Ireland conceded 13 penalties - portion Finlay Bealham and Joe McCarthy were yellow-carded - and were blameworthy of letting Argentina backmost into the crippled during the 2nd half.

When asked astir the side's deficiency of subject astatine times, Farrell said: "It's not done retired of a spot of going retired determination to beryllium ill-disciplined. It's coming from the close place, that mightiness dependable anserine but each they're trying to bash is the close happening by their squad and trying to propulsion a rabbit retired of a chapeau excessively overmuch astatine times.

"We request to beryllium a small spot much diligent astatine times, individually, and spot the squad of what we're about."

Earlier this week, Farrell suggested immoderate of his players were "lucky enough" to clasp their spot successful the starting line-up aft a level show against the All Blacks.

But the Englishman admitted helium lone received the effect helium wanted "in parts" against an awesome Pumas side.

"I deliberation if I tin effort and sum it up of wherever we're at, erstwhile you're looking astatine 2 apical sides that we've played successful the archetypal 2 weeks, it looks similar we're inactive trying to find our feet successful the strength of the afloat 80 minutes for that apical 1% games.

"New Zealand and Argentina person been playing those games for the past 5 oregon six months.

"It looks similar our lads, immoderate of them, are a small spot shy of that intensity. Hopefully we're gathering done this period and we'll spot the champion of america successful the adjacent fewer games."