Schmidt splits the difference

No matter what way Joe Schmidt and the other three provincial coaches look at it, this is one of those weeks where there is no right or wrong when it comes to the troublesome business of team selection.

Do you play all your returning internationals in the one week between the November Tests and round four of the Heineken Cup or do you afford them some much-needed down time?

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.