Ireland must ask the right questions and innovate

Joe Schmidt must have given serious consideration to putting Peter O’Mahony in the starting line-up, writes Donal Lenihan.

1. Passion alone won’t suffice

To beat England today, Ireland not only need to rediscover the flawless technical execution that caught New Zealand cold in Chicago, but marry that with a manic intensity that characterised lesser Irish teams in this fixture in the past.