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She felt a twinge of embarrassment about the “handsome,” but she had run out of H’s and, frankly, she did find Simon pleasing to look at.

It is a truly spectacular variety that can easily grow six feet tall, with arching, attractively shaped fronds and spore-bearing stalks that turn a pleasing shade of brown when fully mature.

But perhaps most pleasing for Farrell was Ireland bookending the game with two impressive spells.

"It didn't work out for us this time around. There are pleasing signs but certainly areas we can improve on."

"You can be short of confidence when things aren't going your way. To get to 41-10 from where we were at half-time was the pleasing thing."