Declan Kidney insists Ireland will continue pursuing their attacking game plan despite Sunday's agonising 25-22 Six Nations defeat by France.
Ireland's ambitions were thwarted by a high error count as they were edged out by the French despite outscoring the visitors three tries to one.
But Kidney has vowed that his team will continue with the adventurous approach.
"There's no point crawling away now and trying to play a damage limitation game," said the Ireland coach.
"We need to keep playing this way and get used to doing it at Test level. It is the right way forward for us."
The Irish adopted a more high-risk approach in November, believing it would better suit their players, and they were electrifying at times in Sunday's game at the Aviva Stadium.
Kidney refuses to abandon the new tactics, despite the teething problems.
"The feeling is that game was an opportunity lost. We had too many turnovers," said the head coach.
"We won the try count 3-1 but still lost the match so we'll have to look again at the penalties to see which ones were under our control.
Kidney rues Ireland indiscipline
"The try count is of no consolation to me. People have paid to get in and are looking for us to win.
"An improved performance means you're not in the doldrums, but at the same time we want to win."
Tries from Fergus McFadden, Tomas O'Leary and Jamie Heaslip were not enough to secure what would have been only Ireland's second win in 10 meetings between the rivals.
Scrum-half Morgan Parra punished Irish indiscipline with a series of penalties while winger Maxime Medard crossed to help France move 25-15 ahead.
A late assault from Ireland set pulses racing but Les Bleus scrambled well before profiting from a knock-on by Sean Cronin that enabled them to clear their lines.
Captain Brian O'Driscoll viewed the afternoon as a missed opportunity after Ireland were once again undermined by their error count.
"I thought we were going to do to France what they did to us at Croke Park four years ago when they won in the last minute, but again we coughed up the ball too easily," said the captain.
"The chance was there for us to take it but we didn't. That's a bitter enough pill to swallow.
"We felt like we had massive capability to score tries. The chances were there but we weren't clinical and that's what's killing us."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/irish/9396712.stm
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What attacking gameplan?
Ireland's ambitions were thwarted by a high error count as they were edged out by the French despite outscoring the visitors three tries to one.
But Kidney has vowed that his team will continue with the adventurous approach.
"There's no point crawling away now and trying to play a damage limitation game," said the Ireland coach.
"We need to keep playing this way and get used to doing it at Test level. It is the right way forward for us."
The Irish adopted a more high-risk approach in November, believing it would better suit their players, and they were electrifying at times in Sunday's game at the Aviva Stadium.
Kidney refuses to abandon the new tactics, despite the teething problems.
"The feeling is that game was an opportunity lost. We had too many turnovers," said the head coach.
"We won the try count 3-1 but still lost the match so we'll have to look again at the penalties to see which ones were under our control.
Kidney rues Ireland indiscipline
"The try count is of no consolation to me. People have paid to get in and are looking for us to win.
"An improved performance means you're not in the doldrums, but at the same time we want to win."
Tries from Fergus McFadden, Tomas O'Leary and Jamie Heaslip were not enough to secure what would have been only Ireland's second win in 10 meetings between the rivals.
Scrum-half Morgan Parra punished Irish indiscipline with a series of penalties while winger Maxime Medard crossed to help France move 25-15 ahead.
A late assault from Ireland set pulses racing but Les Bleus scrambled well before profiting from a knock-on by Sean Cronin that enabled them to clear their lines.
Captain Brian O'Driscoll viewed the afternoon as a missed opportunity after Ireland were once again undermined by their error count.
"I thought we were going to do to France what they did to us at Croke Park four years ago when they won in the last minute, but again we coughed up the ball too easily," said the captain.
"The chance was there for us to take it but we didn't. That's a bitter enough pill to swallow.
"We felt like we had massive capability to score tries. The chances were there but we weren't clinical and that's what's killing us."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/irish/9396712.stm
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What attacking gameplan?
