Ireland full-back Girvan Dempsey has his targets set on continuing his scoring spree against Georgia in Dublin this weekend.

The Leinster back shook off criticism that he lacked attacking flair with a two-try performance in last weekend's World Cup qualifier win over Russia.

Next up are the Georgians as Ireland bid to complete their qualification for next year's finals in Australia and Dempsey said: "The attacking side of my game has definitely been something I've been working on.

"I've been criticised in the past and been seen as more of a defensive full-back, keeping it all safe at the back and so on.

"So scoring those tries certainly brightened things for me. I had got a lot of criticism and bad press and some reports that were not very constructive to say the least.

"But I knew myself I wasn't really very happy with my game. I always set high standards for myself and I said to myself that for the Russia game I was going out to really perform."

Dempsey now has seventh tries in 38 internationals and the player agreed the time has come to go on the offensive.

He continued: "Oh, definitely, definitely. I intend to catch up with the likes of Brian O'Driscoll and Denis Hickie and even Keith Wood, who is up there with 13 or 14 tries. That's the aim.

"I started my international career on the wing and was attacking in that sense. At club level and with Leinster I was more of an attacking force.

"I suppose, though, I've just been trying harder to keep the back clean and forgetting about the attacking side of it, not concentrating enough on it, not working on getting the ball in open play enough.

"But it's something that has always been there. I've always been a natural runner and a natural attacker. It's just something that I've let slip, I suppose.

"It's something I've been working very hard at, getting more involved, getting into the line more and becoming more of an attacking threat."

Ireland fans can certainly expect attacking play tomorrow against the Georgians, a team who have suffered defeat to both Romania and Russia this year.

Dempsey, however, is reluctant to appear too complacent about achieving victory against the Eastern European minnows.

"They are going to be big and physical," he said of the Georgians. "We've studied a couple of clips on video and they are big but they look to be a much better footballing side than the Russians were.

"They look to pass the ball around more and they have got a bit of gas out wide.

"We're hoping to try and move them around a bit more at Lansdowne Road, on a bigger pitch, a new surface, try and stretch the game, recycle the ball a bit quicker than we have been in the last two games and try and use our backs more precisely."