Jones lauds Irish second row stars

WALES lock Alun-Wyn Jones has hailed the durable quality of Ireland’s revered second-row partnership of Donncha O’Callaghan and Paul O’Connell.

Jones and Bradley Davies will go head-to-head with the Munster warriors in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash at the Millennium Stadium.

And Ospreys forward Jones, a British and Irish Lions colleague of the Ireland pair in South Africa two years ago, anticipates another fierce examination.