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Scotland were beaten by Ireland at Murrayfield in the Six Nations on Saturday and head coach Gregor Townsend felt he was to blame.
Tries from Conor Murray, Jacob Stockdale and Keith Earls saw Ireland victorious at Scotland, giving Rory Best encouragement.
Captain Greig Laidlaw felt French official Romain Poite did not do Scotland any favours in the loss to Ireland.
Conor Murray, Jacob Stockdale and Keith Earls crossed for tries as Ireland got up and running in the Six Nations at Murrayfield.
Devin Toner will play no further part in the Six Nations due to the damage done to his ankle in the defeat to England.
Scotland can expect an Ireland backlash at Murrayfield, while England and Wales head into round two on a high after making winning starts.
Injuries to Garry Ringrose and Robbie Henshaw will allow Chris Farrell to return to the Ireland XV this weekend.
Ireland will have to do without Robbie Henshaw when they take on Scotland, so Chris Farrell comes into the side at Murrayfield.
Blair Kinghorn was not able to keep his place in the Scotland side to take on Ireland, with the experienced Sean Maitland taking his spot.
Ireland will have to do without Garry Ringrose and Devin Toner at Murrayfield when they attempt to hit back from their defeat to England.
A rare Aviva Stadium defeat was painful for Ireland, yet Peter O'Mahony said: "We can't be hanging around feeling sorry for ourselves."
British and Irish Lions back-row CJ Stander has been ruled out of Ireland's next two Six Nations matches.
Henry Slade scored two of four England tries as they consigned Ireland to a first home defeat since November 2016.
Convincingly beating the 2018 Grand Slam winners may have seemed impressive, but Eddie Jones expects more from England.
Conor Murray felt Ireland were always likely to pay the price for starting poorly against a side of England's quality on Saturday.
Henry Slade said England's preparation paid off as they brought Ireland back down to earth in Dublin.
