Ireland and Wales have swapped places in the latest IRB World Rankings following Sunday's Six Nations clash, with Declan Kidney's men falling to eighth place overall.
Speaking after Ireland's 23-21 RBS 6 Nations defeat to Wales, number 8 Jamie Heaslip said: "I think we posed them a lot of threats, but the main thing is we didn't have a lot of the ball. They controlled the game very well for long periods."