Conor O'Shea urges Ireland to ignore world ranking and focus on Scotland

Ireland must ignore any threat of slipping into a World Cup 2019 pool of death ahead of Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland, according to Conor O'Shea.

The pool draw for Japan 2019 could yet take place as early as December this year, leaving Test teams already eyeing remaining inside the top eight of World Rugby's rankings.