If he’s fit he’s fit. “We don’t tend to take too many risks with injured players”. “We have allowed him to build his way back in to the week, having had a fairly light start to the week”, Schmidt said of Sexton. If anyone thinks we can roll up to Cardiff tomorrow and go through the motions and win, they are sorely mistaken. “We’re very fortunate it’s an easy switchover”. “I’d get a video of every game”, Schmidt recalled, “and go into the editing suite at school Read more [...]

So from the knock-out stages onwards we're opening up the stadium for the fan zone. For all their mishaps and injuries, from their failings in attack against Australia to their hammer-blow list of injuries, Wales have retained their spirit and self-belief, burnished but also buoyed by events in New Zealand at the last World Cup. The appeals panel is similarly dominated. Without that, there wasn't much in that game. Looking at the footage, it was hard to determine any intent.The coaches will have Read more [...]

"And I will be really confident that that will be demonstrated".The absence of O'Connell at lineouts will be missed but former Ireland worldwide Shane Horgan is backing Devin Toner and Iain Henderson to stand up and be counted. Mike Ross, 4. Iain Henderson, 5. He's getting around and everybody's helping him out.A semi-final spot at the Rugby World Cup is up for grabs when Ireland face-off against Argentina on Sunday.Thankfully for Schmidt, he was able to name Sexton at fly-half in a backline missing Read more [...]