Devil in detail for meticulous Joe

These are the good days for Joe Schmidt, and there may be a slight danger of looking ahead a little too fast.

If what we are told about Joe Schmidt is true, then the surgical conference this morning in a certain Dublin hospital should be pretty interesting.

Schmidt’s name can’t be used in public without ‘attention to detail’ being added nearby almost immediately so the medics who looked after his case of appendicitis can brace themselves for a grilling.