Eire confirmed combat within the second half towards South Africa regardless of an ill-disciplined first half which left them with 12 gamers on the pitch at one stage.
The world champions had simply an excessive amount of, although, and got here away with a primary victory in Dublin since 2012.
Farrell says the one solution to shut the hole on Rassie Erasmus’ facet and others above them within the rankings is to indicate enhancements of their Six Nations opener towards France in three months’ time.
“We’ve got a Six Nations which is our bread and butter, which issues the world to us,” Farrell added.
“So, [it’s about] how we go concerning the subsequent 9 weeks in our preparation individually and collectively as a group while everybody goes again to the provinces and coming again prepared for worldwide rugby, which was clearly troublesome to do firstly of this marketing campaign.
“However 9 weeks to see how we have to come again into camp is plainly apparent after taking part in a recreation like that.”
Farrell is hoping that the likes of Brian Gleeson, Edwin Edogbo and Cormac Izuchukwu shall be again match and firing for his or her provinces as he appears to increase Eire’s depth chart as they intention to regain their championship crown from France.
“There’s going to be extra expertise that needs to be given to sure folks in the event that they present good type within the within the subsequent 9 weeks, so it is staying throughout all that,” he mentioned.
