Peter O'Mahony has insisted that Ireland are still positive heading into the Rugby World Cup, despite losing their final warm-up match against England.
The Six Nations champions were beaten 21-13 at Twickenham on Saturday, following a 16-10 loss to Wales a week earlier.
The back-row told reporters: "Any international match is going to be tough, they are going to come at you where you're weak or where you're strong. We could have dealt with it a bit better, but these are the things we have to work on and you've got to expect they'll happen.
"We wouldn't get carried away with one game. We've had a big 18 months and we can take a lot of positives from that. I thought we looked dangerous in attack, maybe we lacked a bit of accuracy, dropping balls in good positions which is uncharacteristic.
"But we're still building. We've got two weeks now to rest and get back to the drawing board and make sure we're ready for Canada. We've got to mind the ball, you want to hold onto the ball to be effective."
Ireland face Canada at the Millennium Stadium on September 19 in their first match of the World Cup.
Sian Cowper
