Rugby:Declan Kidney insists Ireland will continue pursuing their high-reward gameplan despite yesterday's agonising 25-22 Six Nations defeat by France. For the second time in nine days Ireland saw their ambition thwarted by a high error count.
While they still managed to scrape past Italy in Rome last weekend, they were unable to dispose of Grand Slam champions France in a thrilling showdown at Aviva Stadium.
Ireland introduced a more adventurous approach in November, believing it would better suit their players, and they were electrifying at times yesterday. Kidney refuses to abandon the new tactics, despite the teething problems.
"The feeling is that game was an opportunity lost. We had too many turnovers," said the head coach. "We won the try-count 3-1 but still lost the match so we'll have to look again at the penalties to see which ones were under our control.
"We need to keep playing this way and get used to doing it at Test level. It is the right way forward for us. There's no point crawling away now and just trying to play a damage limitation game. That won't win us anything.
"The try count is of no consolation to me. People have paid to get in and are looking for us to win. An improved performance means you're not in the doldrums, but at the same time we want to win."
