Donal Lenihan: Andy Farrell and Ireland fall for Eddie Jones’ rope a dope

If you continue to run into brick walls, or in this case an impregnable white wall of England defenders spread right across the pitch, you will eventually knock yourself out

Jonny May races away from Peter O’Mahony to score his and England’s second try during in the Autumn Nations Cup match at Twickenham on Saturday. Picture: David Rogers - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images

The frequency with which Kerry appeared in All-Ireland football finals during their ‘golden years’ prompted an oft-used line from Kingdom great Ger Power. Hounded by the media for a juicy quote in advance of his latest final appearance he said “just put me down for what I said last year”.

I thought of Power in advance of this clash against our oldest rivals in Twickenham on Saturday and was tempted, when contemplating my analysis of this latest head to head, to tell the sports editor to “just put me down for what I wrote after the last game between the sides”.