Neil Jenkins: Leigh Halfpenny won’t let Ireland off scot-free

Neil Jenkins has assured Joe Schmidt and his Irish team there will be no more dithering from Leigh Halfpenny if he gets the chance to shoot for goal against them next week in the Six Nations battle at the Principality Stadium.

The Toulon full back, who had kicked three out of four attempts in the first half to move to 594 points for Wales, turned down a second-half shot at goal in the defeat to the Scots after his skipper Alun Wyn Jones twice indicated to Irish referee John Lacey that he wanted to go for the points.

At that stage Wales were only trailing 16-13 and Jones wanted to get on level terms. The kick was wide out on the left of the Scottish 22, yet Halfpenny declined the shot.