Once again, this was a tense affair between two sides who have played out seven one-score games in their last eight meetings.
While the first Test saw Ireland look ragged early on before growing into the game, here they took control of things early with the highlight of their strong start Conor Murray’s 14th minute try.
They would ship 12 unanswered points in the second half, however, to leave them in need of Frawley’s late heroics.
Farrell called his side’s first half “as good as it gets” but added they made enough mistakes to “lose three games” after the turn.
“It was the sublime to the ridiculous, wasn’t it?” he said.
“It was a complete role reversal of last week. First-half performance not too great last week, this week I thought it was outstanding, as good as it gets.
“But second half last week was good. This week we’ve made enough mistakes to lose three games in that second half.
“But you just know when you’re hanging in there that there’s always going to be a chance with this team because of the guts, the bravery, they’ve got and they showed that in spades.”