Just 18 months have passed since Jordi Murphy made his senior bow for Ireland with six minutes against England in the Six Nations, and yet the Leinster back row believes he is a very different beast now to the one that debuted at test level.

Eoin Reddan has spent enough time playing with and against English players to recognise a sea change in their attitudes on and off the field.

Ireland begin a short training camp in Galway today, with England firmly in their sights and vengeance in their minds 12 days out from an RBS 6 Nations clash in Dublin that head coach Joe Schmidt is already billing as monumental.

Joe Schmidt believes he can help make Ian Keatley a better player by bringing the Munster fly-half into the Ireland squad for next month’s Guinness Series.

Peter O’Mahony has backed Ireland team-mate Sean O’Brien to bounce back from his injury nightmare.

With just over six weeks to go until the start of the Guinness Series, the debate about who will form Ireland’s new centre partnership continues to rumble.

Like a young rock band bursting onto the scene full of blistering bravado, Joe Schmidt’s new Ireland have made their splash on the rugby landscape.