Roof closed, dry ball - We’re in for a rip-roarer in Cardiff

The roof will be closed, the ball will be relatively dry and the track will be fast, so we’re in for a rip-roarer in Cardiff, writes Ronan O’Gara.

Simon Zebo has a giveaway poker face, and we should all be thankful for that. I watched him on television this week and his interview and demeanour gave off a distinct sense that Ireland have been working persistently on their attack game in the two weeks since the France victory.

It was nothing he said in particular, but there were trigger words: Clinical. Ruthless. Green zone. It’s stuff that’s obviously in his head. Zeebs has a feel for rugby, he has little capacity to or interest in suppressing the joy he gets from rugby every day.