By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

IRELAND duly accumulated an impressive total against Italy which helped boost their points difference immeasurably – but it came at the cost of two big injuries that could play a big role later in this tournament.
Tadhg Furlong departed very early with a painful looking hamstring strain and Robbie Henshaw appeared to badly injure his shoulder in scoring his second try.
The injuries slightly took the gloss off victory and at the debrief Joe Schmidt might have a few issues with Ireland’s defence which leaked three secondhalf tries although the Italians showe...