Robshaw developing tunnel vision

Of all the pieces of advice Chris Robshaw has received as England captain, one from Conor O’Shea will have stuck with him.

“It’s important to remember that back-stabbing to back-slapping is just a heartbeat,” says O’Shea in the board room at Harlequins’ training ground. “That’s sport. The knives are out, but in a second the knives go back in.”

Robshaw knows that better than anyone. Heading into Sunday’s huge Six Nations clash in Dublin, he is seen as England’s inspirational leader, the man who stood up to the Welsh in the Cardiff tunnel.