'More to come' from Ireland after Aviva win - Bemand

'More to come' from Ireland after Aviva win - Bemand Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ireland won three of their five Women's Six Nations fixtures as they finished thirdByJana McCabeBBC Sport NI journalistPublished5 minutes agoThe 2026 Women's Six Nations has felt like another significant step forward for a young but talented Ireland side.A year ago, Scotland caught Ireland cold and claimed a 26-19 victory against Ireland. Fast forward 12 months and Ireland responded with a 54-5 thrashing of Sione Fukofuka's depleted team that shows their ever-growing improvements.Bemand's side cemented themselves as the 'best of the rest' in third behind dominant champions England and runners-up France, while also completing the task they set out to achieve this campaign - winning all three of their home games.Sunday's final one, in front of a record crowd at the Aviva Stadium, will live long in the memory, not only for the history the attendance figures created, but Ireland's sensational first-half demolition of the Scots.The attendance of 31,294 at the Aviva underlined the growing support of the team and, if the side can continue to produce ruthless displays and get the wins they have in Galway, Belfast and Dublin in this campaign, that number will only get bigger. Bemand believes that the experience of playing in front of increasingly bigger crowds will only help his young side as they continue to develop in a new cycle with the next World Cup three years away."Playing in front of 77,000 people at Twickenham, then going to Clermont which I've got to say was one of the best rugby experiences in a partisan sense, then we follow it up by having a crowd, a 16th player, here at the Aviva. We're becoming so rich in terms of experiences that we've been through," Bemand said."Unbelievable performances, but there's more in them as well. We're growing our wave. I leave here with a sense that...