Devin Toner the keeper of Ireland’s lineout flame

Devin Toner has been in enough scrapes against England to know that recent descriptions of their physical approach as “brutal” are not misleading.

With Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt expecting his counterpart Eddie Jones to send his side out at Aviva Stadium on Saturday with brutality in mind for the Guinness Six Nations opener against the defending Grand Slam champions, Toner believes the cap fits.