• Schmidt: ‘England know we stay up and we’ll stay square’
• Mike Ross predicts ‘baptism of fire’ for Furlong against EnglandIt might not assist Joe Schmidt’s cause on Saturday that Ireland are in a different time zone for this Test. Stuart Lancaster needs his players to hit the ground running and be at full speed by the second pool game of the World Cup; Schmidt’s schedule requires peak performance two weeks further down the track. All of which is five weeks from now.
The tricky bit is getting this message across whether Ireland leave Twickenham having been knocked about the place, as they were by Wales final weekend.
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Source: theguardian.com