The former Leinster and Irish number eight was speaking on the BBC rugby podcast this week and the former Newbridge College said the following quoted by balls.ie

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They only know winning.

It’s a pretty powerful mindset coming into it and fills them with confidence. It kind of reminds me of that Richie McCaw-Dan Carter side with New Zealand.

That period from 2007 to the 2015 World Cup when they were just so, so dominant.

It builds a bit of a flywheel momentum for these guys. They don’t take anything for granted, that’s for sure.

Andy Farrell won’t let them take anything for granted. They’re not fearful of going there [Twickenham] now but they should definitely understand the history between the two sides.

Farrell is definitely one of the best people to remind them of that.

Ireland have to get past a quarter-final before we start comparing ourselves to a team that won two World Cups back to back.