Centres in Pole position to recover in time

NOTHING is left to chance in the modern professional era.

The decision by Eddie O'Sullivan to pack off his star centres, Brian O'Driscoll and Gordon D'Arcy, to a cryotherapy unit in Spala, Poland, for further rehabilitation on their injured hamstrings is conclusive proof that nothing will be left undone in Ireland's bid to end their 57-year drought without a Six Nations grand slam.

Even though O'Sullivan expressed confidence at the weekend that O'Driscoll and D'Arcy would be fit for the clash with England at Lansdowne Road on Sunday week, he is bidding to ensure his confidence is founded on fact.