Head coach Scott Bemand says Eire are “completely” heading in the right direction regardless of shedding their opening two Girls’s Six Nations matches.
Having misplaced all 5 video games final 12 months, the Irish have begun the 2024 marketing campaign with defeats by France away and at house to Italy.
However Bemand says he has seen sufficient within the performances to this point to consider wins “aren’t too far-off”.
“We cannot ever shrink back, we discuss successful,” he mentioned.
“We’re actually snug with that,” added Bemand, whose aspect subsequent play towards Wales in Cork on 13 April.
“Going away to France, it was all the time going to be a tricky begin, however we noticed some inexperienced shoots and emergence of character and resilience.
“In opposition to Italy, we produced a efficiency that will ordinarily produce a win. We did not handle to recover from the road in that, however we’ll preserve going after the arrogance and the stuff we did effectively.
“We’re fairly sure that these wins aren’t too far-off.”
Bemand mentioned full-back Lauren Delany will want a “couple extra days” to regain health after she was pressured off within the 27-21 loss to Italy in Dublin on Sunday.
However with Eire on a down week, the Sale Sharks again has not but been dominated out of the Wales recreation.
“Lauren picked up a little bit of a bang like we reported straight after the sport, she was up after the sport and again on her toes,” added Bemand.
“She might take a pair extra days, aside from that, we’re two video games in, two arduous video games and over a month of preparation and we’re in fairly good well being as a bunch.”
Whereas Eire weren’t in a position to recover from the road towards Italy, Bemand – who gained 5 Six Nations titles and 4 Grand Slams in eight years with the England girls’s aspect – rubbished any suggestion that his aspect has been held again by a scarcity of management.
Talking after the Italy recreation, former Eire worldwide and RTE pundit Lindsay Peat mentioned the workforce appeared “rudderless”, however Bemand hailed the “unbelievable leaders” in his ranks.
“It is all the time attention-grabbing what folks on the sideline say, lack of management on the pitch when they’re exterior of the circle,” mentioned the Englishman.
“We have got some unbelievable leaders in our group and, look, the sport appears completely different now to what it used to.
“Now we have technique teams, we have now co-captains, they’re unbelievable leaders. So how shortly these women are growing, they’re already at a stage manner which is manner past their years.
“They will preserve growing experiences however as a bunch we completely purchase into them and I would not need another folks in these teams.”