Departing Welsh rugby coach Warren Gatland has suggested Ireland's egos got in their way when it came to executing their game plan over the last 12 months.
Ireland bowed out of the Rugby World Cup in the quarterfinals for the eighth time in nine campaigns earlier this year, and the one-time Irish coach shared his thoughts on their performance with Off the Ball.
"It was hard to play against (Ireland and their tactics), hard to stop," Gatland said. "They played very direct, a lot of stuff off nine. When we played Ireland the biggest thing we spoke about was keeping discipline, try not to give away penalties because they kick for the corner, they had the ability to keep the ball in your 22 for phase after phase, it was difficult to get off.
"That's hard to stop and sometimes what happened, and it could have been me or Eddie Jones, you could talk Ireland out of playing that way.