Farrell is feeling no stress

Andy Farrell insists he is unfazed by pressure following Ireland’s dismal start to the Guinness Six Nations.

The Irish are almost certainly playing only for pride in their remaining three games after losing their opening two Six Nations fixtures for the first time.

Ireland finished third in the Championship last year, a performance which was described as an “average return” by Irish Rugby Football Union performance director David Nucifora.

Defeats to Wales and France mean it is already a tall order to replicate that moderate achievement.

“I’ve dealt with it all my life. You either embrace the pressure or you get buried by it,” said the 45-year-old.

“I enjoy it, it makes you feel alive. You know that when you are taking the gig on.”

PLAYED LAST NIGHT Uefa Europa League Round of 32 First Leg – Antwerp 3 Rangers 4, Benfica 1 Arsenal 1, Braga 0 Roma 2, Dynamo Kiev 1 Club Brugge 1, Granada 2 Napoli 0, Krasnodar 2 Dinamo Zagreb 3, Lille 1 Ajax 2, Maccabi Tel-aviv 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Molde 3 Hoffenheim 3, Olympiacos 4 PSV 2, Real Sociedad 0 Manchester United 4, Red Bull Salzburg 0 Villarreal 2, Red Star Belgrade 2 AC Milan 2, Slavia Prague 0 Leicester 0, Wolfsberger AC 1 Tottenham 4, Young Boys 4 Bayer Leverkusen 3. TONIGHT’S GAMES Premier League Wolverhampton v Leeds (8.00) Sky Bet Championship Watford v Derby (7.45)

ROYAL ANTWERP – Beiranvand (De Wolf 77), Seck, Le Marchand, De Laet, Buta, Gerkens (Miyoshi 90), Hongla (Gelin 90), Boya (Verstraete 69), Lukaku, Refaelov (Opoku Ampomah 90), Avenatti. Subs not used: Nsimba, Chevaughn, Pavlic, Van Den Bosch.

RANGERS – Mcgregor, Tavernier (Balogun 24), Goldson, Helander, Barisic, Arfield (Jack 74), Davis, Kamara (Hagi 74), Aribo, Morelos, Roofe (Kent 45). Subs not used: Wright, Simpson, Itten, Stewart, Mclaughlin.

REFEREE – Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria).