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Published 19:49 10 Mar 2018 GMT
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"They had to drag along guys like Luke Fitzgerald, Tommy Bowe, Rob Kearney and these young guys coming through and I think it's very similar to that now.
"Even a guy like Rory [Best] feels that it will be even harder now [winning the Grand Slam] than what it was back then so for us it's about trying to drag those young lads along.
"They probably think they're going to get loads of opportunities, but as I know, it doesn't always work out like that."
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt highlighted the contributions of a number of those young players with second-row James Ryan the first player that came to mind when he was asked who had impressed him most in the win over Scotland.
"There were a couple of players who worked incredibly hard," said Schmidt.
"James Ryan was immense again. I think he had 13 tackles and 13 ball carries (15 according to ESPNscrum). CJ Stander had 12 tackles and 12 ball carries, Garry Ringrose had 90 running metres and 11 tackles; covered the ground incredibly well for a guy that's probably not up to full fitness yet but I thought he was super."
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