Yesterday's win over England has one main benefit for Ireland - namely, it keeps the Six Nations championship juggernaut rolling on unimpeded.
But for Trevor Hogan, who joined former Ireland head coach Eddie O'Sullivan on Off The Ball to analyse the game, there is another fringe impact.
"The Irish mentality of always doubting ourselves and maybe not believing how good we are is actually being challenged by the consistency of this team. It's that good that it is changing our mindset," said Trevor, who feels that back-to-back Six Nations triumphs would be this country's greatest achievement in rugby.
Eddie felt the victory over England "ticked all the boxes".
"It was that sort of complete performance where, from the start right through to the last minute, you never thought England were going to win it and they were like drowning men out there for most of the game," he said.
Analysing the kicking game that Ireland deployed, Eddie also suggested that Conor Murray's kicks were causing more trouble than the brilliant ones from Sexton.
The lads also discussed whether opposition teams will reach a point by World Cup time when they decipher the Joe Schmidt game-plan.
Eddie also cast his eye onto the continent as France lost to Wales. But he believes that Ireland should "write off France at your peril" when it comes to the World Cup where we are in the same pool.
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