Cool Head Luke ready for next step with Ireland

FOR many, Saturday’s Twickenham clash between England and Ireland represents no more than a dead rubber, a fight for third place in the Six Nations table and a chance of redemption for two beleaguered head coaches.

Nevertheless, for Eddie O’Sullivan, this game offered him the perfect opportunity to blood a few young men.

Brian Ashton has picked the brash new pin-up boy of English rugby, Danny Cipriani, to play out half chess with arguably the No 10 of the Six Nations, Ronan O’Gara.