JOE SCHMIDT’S IRELAND beat Wales 35-21 at the Millennium Stadium after a dominant display.
Jamie Heaslip crossed for a facile early try, before Darren Cave burst over for Ireland’s second directly from a close-range scrum.
But it was Ireland’s third try that stood out, with the excellent Andrew Trimble smashing Eli Walker to force a turnover that Keith Earls burst onto and finished.
Trimble was superb before he had to limp off injured, replaced by Simon Zebo with 34 minutes gone. Let’s see that hit again, which came after a sublime read of the Welsh attack.
Wales did fire at least one first-half shot, when Richard Hibbard crossed on the end of a clever lineout move.
