DESPITE their encouraging start to the Guinness Six Nations, Ireland winger Andrew Conway insists this weekend’s clash with France in Paris will be ‘a different animal’.
The speedster grabbed a brace of tries last Saturday as Ireland recorded an impressive 29-7 home win over defending champions Wales. Conway will be looking for a repeat affair as he was given the starting jersey once more for the match against the French.
France followed Irelands lead by recording a 37-10 win against the Italians. However, For the first twenty five minutes Italy forced errors out of the French.
Conway was happy with the performance against Wales but the Munster winger thought there was room for improvement, he said
“I think there is so much growth in the team that we didn’t actually play that well (last week). We played quite well, but there’s so much more in us.
“I know they went down to 14 men for 10 minutes and we took advantage, but we had a properly good win and goodish performance, with so much more to come. The detail that we’ve looked at, the detail even we were chatting after in the changing room on how much better we can be is pretty clear for us to see in here.”
Conway went on to discuss the challenge the Irish team has ahead of them as they head for Paris saying,
“There’s a massive, massive challenge obviously this weekend. It’s going to be a different animal altogether. It’s going to be a way tougher match.”
With the squad performing very well Conway reminded the fans that the “perfect performance” doesn’t really exist, as he continued saying
“We’re not going to get the perfect performance and we’ve got to be okay with that. We need a really, really, really high level performance.”
Conway talked about the how exciting the game is for him and with the form the winger has started in why wouldn’t he be.
“It’s probably one of the most exciting places in the world to go, France in Paris. We’re excited. We’re building now at the moment.
“It’s going to be an unbelievably exciting challenge and it’s going to be a tough match, but it’s something we’re really excited for. It’s going to give us a really good idea of where we’re at.”
Ireland will be facing off against France at 4:45 on Saturday with the hopes of being outright leaders of the tournament by the end of the eighty minutes.
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