Ireland boss Andy Farrell has claimed that the abuse on social media that his team has received this week has been mentioned among the group.

Vile trolls have targeted the Irish squad after defeat to England at Twickenham, but Farrell is keen to focus on the task at hand instead.

“It has (been made aware to Farrell), and everyone would be lying if they said they hadn’t,” he said. “But that’s been the way of the world for some time now, hasn’t it, really, in regards to social media etc.

“We’ve battened down the hatches as far as our concentration on what we need to do to improve our performance and make sure that we’re the best of ourselves.

“And, come Tuesday afternoon after the training session and a big session on Wednesday as well, it seems to be that the focus is right where it should be. It’s one loss and the bounce of a ball, an interpretation here and there.

“But that’s the way of the world, you’ve got to roll with the punches as far as that’s concerned because we’ve all talked about it, we’ve all discussed it at length, certainly in this room. It’s not for changing any time soon. Hopefully it will do, though.”