Schmidt: Not much opportunity to experiment

Ireland only have five realistic chances to blood new players ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2015 run-in, according to boss Joe Schmidt.

Schmidt: Not much opportunity to experiment
Wed, 19 Mar, 2014 - 08:00

Ireland only have five realistic chances to blood new players ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2015 run-in, according to boss Joe Schmidt.

The RBS Six Nations champions have 10 Test matches before the traditional summer World Cup warm-ups, and the tournament proper starting in September 2015.

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