Joe Schmidt knuckles down on exile policy

“It’s not like you get a continuity of work space with the actual player so that is a real frustration for us.”

Joe Schmidt hasn't ruled out using Ian Madigan and Marty Moore further down the line but the Ireland coach has warned that their exile status will continue to shunt them down the queue for green shirts, writes Brendan O'Brien.

Munster’s Ian Keatley has been named on the bench as cover for Paddy Jackson, who himself steps into the breach for an injured Jonathan Sexton, for Saturday’s RBS Six Nations opener against Scotland in Edinburgh.