Schmidt backs Sexton to put the boot into Scottish hopes

“You do get snow in March but you don’t get it often.”

Joe Schmidt has kicked any fears over Jonathan Sexton’s accuracy off the tee to touch ahead of Ireland’s crucial Six Nations clash with Scotland at the weekend, writes Brendan O’Brien.

The Leinster out-half failed with four place kicks last time out against Wales, costing Ireland eleven points in total in a game that was in the balance until injury-time when Jacob Stockdale ran in for an intercepted try.