LONDON Irish director of rugby Nick Kennedy admitted that their performance fell well below the required standard following a second consecutive heavy defeat.
“Our defence wasn’t good enough in the first half, we slipped off a lot of tackles and missed a lot of tackles,” he said.
“Sale were disappointed from last week and they obviously came out firing and we were slow to start for the second week running.”
Sale boss Steve Diamond insists that competition for places is driving standards up. “I tried to change a bit of the mentality over the summer so, if ...