Denis Leamy knew what it took to get the better of Scotland and the former Ireland back row believes the onus is on Jamie Heaslip to lead the way against the much improved visitors to Aviva Stadium this evening.

The trouble with a war of words, as England head coach Eddie Jones is finding out ahead of Saturday’s Twickenham clash with Ireland, is you need two sides to fight it and the Irish camp are in no mood to take up arms. 

Joe Schmidt will dare to dream about Ireland winning an historic third RBS 6 Nations title in a row, but the realist in the head coach makes him consider a top-three finish a successful championship.