When it came, Ireland's first Women's Six Nations win in two years was relatively straightforward.
Not easy, by any means, but they had a plan and executed it well. Six forays into the opposition 22 yielded three first-half tries.
The players were all singing off the same hymn sheet and were clinical as they enjoyed 61% possession and 61% territory.
Wales were distinctly second best throughout Saturday's 36-5 defeat, during which Ireland wrapped up a bonus point two minutes after the break.
Now comes the difficult second chapter for Scott Bemand and his charges.
On Saturday (2.15pm) they come up against his former side, England, who are going for a sixth title in a row.
You have to go back to 2015 for the last time Ireland beat England and they've never won away.
The last five games have an aggregate scoreline of 228-40 and Ireland haven't scored a point in the last three meetings.
So how does Bemand (above) set realistic expectations in camp this week? What's a satisfactory outcome against the table-toppers, who have beaten Italy, Wales and Scotland in this campaign?
"If that's good enough to get a win, then that's something we'll absolutely go after. England are in a space where their programme is mature.
"They've been professional players for a good while and they've a few threats with a bit of depth in behind it.
"We'll go there and get excited about playing in front of a big crowd.
"We talk about being a young team [and] part of building experience is getting used to going out there, playing in these big stadiums that are nearly full.
"We're going to have to handle the environment as much as who we're playing.
"There's a bunch of experience we're going to get out of this. We'll just put our best performance out there, go fire some shots and see what a result looks like at the end of that."
The boss was coy, however, when asked how his inside knowledge - he was assistant with the Red Roses for seven years - would come into play.
"I'm just really looking forward to going to Twickenham with these girls in front of a noisy crowd and firing our own shots," was all he was prepared to say.
Saturday also marked the end of Clíodhna Moloney's international exile, the Exeter hooker (above) replaced Neve Jones in the second half at Musgrave Park, winning a 32nd cap over two years since her 31st.
The 30-year-old Galway woman made three carries and put in seven tackles.
"She's earned her right this week," said the former Harlequins, Leicester and Bath scrum-half.
"She's come in, got her head down and trained hard.
"She's done some bits really well; some bits that look like she's been out of the international environment for a while so we'll just keep going after improved performances from her perspective as well.
"We're really happy with how Neve's playing, some of the work she gets through is incredible.
"We've got a new cap [Shannon Ikahihifo] come in and that's a monkey off your back as well because then you can start to focus more on performance instead of worrying about getting your first cap.
"We're growing as a group and getting players back involved part of that."
Meanwhile, out-half Dannah O'Brien (abov), who kicked 11 points and ran Aoife Wafer close for player of the match, picked out Katie Corrigan's try as a highlight of the game.
"Probably Katie Corrigan's blockdown, I was proud of her," said the 20-year-old Carlow woman.
"Just shows the commitment and she kept competing, got a hand on the kick and walked it in so, yeah, fair play to her.
"It felt good, good to be in Musgrave again. The crowd were amazing all the way through.
"We had purple patches but we had a few tough patches as well and it was just so good that the crowd kept cheering on all the way through."
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