Jacob Stockdale: 'Joe talks about being excellent in every small thing you do. That doesn’t happen by accident’

Boring? Ireland?

The players rolled out to speak for Joe Schmidt’s side yesterday didn’t have much to say on John Mitchell’s muddied blend of barb and compliment, but you could argue that the mere sight of Joey Carbery and Jacob Stockdale in front of the microphones was an eloquent enough response in itself.