Big Mal must make leap in form

IT’S the great Malcolm O’Kelly debate.

Much of this week has been taken up with the O’Gara or Humphreys conundrum, solved by O’Gara’s recurring ankle problems, but there has also been a great deal of discussion among rugby’s chattering classes about the display of Ireland’s No 5.

In the aftermath of a thoroughly professional and satisfying victory in Murrayfield, it was understandable that reaction to the demolition job on the Scots would be rose-tinted.