Andy Farrell slammed Ireland's performance in a lacklustre 35-17 win over Fiji at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
Ireland extended their winning streak at home to 11 games off the back of beating South Africa last weekend, but head coach Farrell refuses to let standards slip.
He told Virgin Media after the match: “I thought we was off, I thought we was poor. We didn't have much continuity. I think the way we started the game was slow.
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“The way that we finished the game kicking the ball off the crowd and not having a crack, summed it all up. Plenty of learnings for us.
“Fair play to Fiji, going down to 13 men and a couple of yellow cards coming back on and off, they were resilient. They will 100pc be saying they defended their own 22 pretty well but the amount of access we got in there and didn't convert into points was pretty disappointing from us.
“Some lads will be disappointed. We started poorly which hasn't been like us over the last few weeks. We'll sit down and understand the reasons why."
When it was pointed out that Jeremy Loughman, Jack Crowley and Cian Prendergast made their Ireland debuts, Farrell's tone softened but his anger at his team's performance was evident.
“The less said in the dressing room straight away about the game the better really because we are here to celebrate the three caps for those lads It's a huge day for them and their families.
"I'm delighted we were able to get the victory so that they are able to enjoy the evening."
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