Craig Casey put his back into his first Six Nations start - after almost putting it out at the start of game week.
Now he wants to show he's got the spine to stay in Ireland's Grand Slam chasing squad as he does selection battle with Conor Murray and fit-again Jamison Gibson-Park.
On the back of strong cameos against Wales and France, Casey and his half-back partner Ross Byrne were given the chance to run the week building into Saturday's five try victory over Italy.
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It was a far from perfect performance, both in terms of how the pair performed and the overall team display.
Also needing to adjust to Stuart McCloskey and Bundee Aki's novice centre partnership, Ireland produced an exhilarating show in attack in the first half, scoring four tries and leaving two more behind in that opening period.
