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Published 15:17 9 Feb 2017 GMT
Updated 16:48 9 Feb 2017 GMT
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"It was incredibly disappointing the way we started last weekend. I don’t think it was apathy, a bit of anxiety at not having the full period to warm up. "Players get anxious - they are re very routine based and I do think it’s a challenge for a professional player to be adaptable in different circumstances that they can still cope and still start well. "We were really disappointed with the way we started. They scored three tries in the first 30 minutes. They didn’t score another try after that. I think that reflects what the team is capable of."While it is clear Ireland were disrupted by the change to their schedule and Schmidt was far from impressed with it, we should not be talking and typing about this on a Thursday after a Saturday game.
This Ireland team has received a lot of credit over the past nine months for performances in tough conditions against the southern hemisphere giants but the undercurrent of grumbling does the team no favours.
There were refereeing gripes in South Africa, a week-long back-and-forth with the Kiwis after New Zealand avenged their Chicago loss and now reams upon reams of quibbles about those 15 minutes.
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The media are not blameless in this imbroglio but it was Schmidt that brought up 'Late-Gate' today when it was clearly time to let it go.
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