Ireland 36 - 0 Italy - Grand Slam favourites dispatch Italy with ease on route to second Six Nations win

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Player of the Match James Lowe was happy with the result, but thinks there's plenty that his side can improve on as the tournament goes on.

"It's nice to be back home and we're pleased with the result, but obviously there are a few things we need to work on. We're looking forward to a week off and then a couple of hard days of training," the winger said.

"We probably put ourselves under pressure with mistakes and compounding errors, and that's not ok so going forward, it's what we have to work on as we can't give teams that easy access."

A lot to be happy about from Ireland today. They were able to rest some key players and now have to weeks to recover.

Not to mention that makes 11 tries in two games. It's gonna be hard to stop this side steamrolling towards the Grand Slam this year.

Just a supremely dominant win from an Ireland team that had six changes from last week, and they made it look easy quite frankly.

Jack Crowley, despite a shaky time from the tee, was wholly impressive in the 10 shirt as he pulled the strings. And the likes of James Lowe and Jack Conan were a nightmare for Italy.

Gibson-Park looked like he score right at the death after sniping from the ruck, but the nine dropped it.

Luke Pearce calls time on the game with that, and Ireland win 36-0.

Andy Farrell's side cap of a dominant performance and it's the goldenboy Nash that get's his second Six Nations try in a green jersey.

Ireland were desperate to sling the ball out wide and get another try, and Gibson-Park was at the heart of that move, but what a finish from Nash riding through three Italian players.

Harry Byrne adds the two.

James Lowe has just been announced as the Guinness Player of the Match, and you can't really argue with that.

There's two or three other players, Conan or Crowley for example, that could have been picked, but the winger has been an absolute nightmare for Italy today.

Craig Casey leaves the pitch after a strong showing, with Jamison Gibson-Park entering the fray.

James Lowe just burst through the middle of the park and pops to Iain Henderson, but the traffic at the following ruck means Casey pass is stolen by Italy, who clear to touch.

We're approaching the 70th minute mark in Dublin and Italy, while still fighting, do not look any closer to scoring yet.

They've won a few penalties, as Ireland's cohesion has taken a bit of a hit with their slew of replacements.

Josh van der Flier comes on for Ryan Baird, who gets a big clap from the home crowd for his stellar performance today.

Jordan Larmour is also on for his first Ireland cap since 2021.

Brilliant finish from James Lowe.

The winger powered through about four Italian tacklers and despite being stopped short of the line, managed to extend his arm long enough to touch down.

Crowley misses another conversion.

Less than 20 minutes to go and Ireland have yet to concede a point. Can they go all the way?

Tommaso Menoncello heads to the sin-bin after a trip on James Lowe.

Life is gonna get even harder for Italy now.

Tom O'Toole, Ronan Kelleher, Harry Byrne all come on for Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan and Hugo Keenan.

Jack Crowley moves to fullback as Byrne slots in at fly-half.

Henshaw's score is chalked off for a double movement.

The home crowd don't agree, and neither does Henshaw with a quick shake of his head.

Italy clear and find the safety of touch.

The TMO is checking Henshaw's score for a double movement now right as Crowley was setting up for his conversion...

All the pressure pays off and Robbie Henshaw scores Ireland's fifth of the day!

Sheehan was so close but several phases of powerful carries are too much Italy.

Sheehan SO close to his hat-trick! The hooker is stopped inches short of the line after finding himself in space on the wing.

Italy are starting to crumble under Ireland's pressure here.

Another burst through from fullback Keenan and Ireland are back into the opposition 22 already.

The hosts really ramping it up now.