As Ireland prepare for the Italy game, Joe Schmidt will be hoping for a first win of the campaign on Saturday.
Even with two more wins, Ireland will still fall short of the achievements of back-to-back Six Nations titles from the past two years.
But despite being without a win so far in this year's championship, Schmidt still believes that the side hasn't regressed as much as some critics claim.
Speaking at today's team announcement, the head coach said: "I don't think that we're performing that much below what we were in the last two years. There are fine margins and we probably had a bit more experience to nut our way through things. I think our set piece with the people we had right through those periods was a little bit more of a platform that allowed us to be a little bit more secure in what we planned to do. So you're always trying to develop and grow a bit and there's evidence of that. You've just got to consolidate it."
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