Ireland ‘showed what we’re capable of’ – Doris

Bundee Aki, Tadhg Beirne, and Dan Sheehan scored the winning try in the second-half, which gave England a 10-5 lead at the break.

“It is definitely satisfying”, said Leinster back row Doris.

“Momentum is huge in this competition. You can’t win it in the first round, but you can lose it essentially or dampen your chances.

“I believe we occasionally demonstrated our capabilities. There is a strong belief in the strategy we have in place during our attack, which lasted ten days.

“As we get deeper into the tournament, it’s going to be something we need to get stronger with and we need to develop”.

In a Twickenham thriller last year, Ireland were outshot by England, and Steve Borthwick’s side threatened to turn things around in Dublin after a tremendously positive first-half display.

But Doris insists Ireland’s belief that they would “break” England never waned.

“We needed to get back to doing things our way”, added 26-year-old Doris, who earned his 48th cap in Saturday’s win.

In his first match as interim head coach, Simon Easterby handed a Six Nations debut to 21-year-old fly-half Sam Prendergast, with Jack Crowley – who played every minute of last year’s tournament – starting on the bench.

In the second half, Prendergast scored an important long-range penalty to give Ireland the lead for the first time, despite missing a few conversion attempts.

“I thought Sam Prendergast was excellent at times and created some really nice opportunities”, said Easterby.

On Ireland’s performance overall, Easterby said: “I thought there were parts of the game we did really well in the first half but didn’t quite nail opportunities.

We kicked on in the second half without utilizing any of the opportunities, but we did so successfully in the third half.

The way we started the second half was probably a little smart, and that led to some good scores in the final few minutes.

Ireland will face Scotland at Murrayfield next week in a “hell of a challenge,” according to Easterby.

“It’s never easy going up there”, he said. “They’re coming off the back of a win as well.

However, we must work harder to improve what we know we can, and it’s crucial to avoid going too far backwards from what has worked this week.