Joe Schmidt ‘open-minded’ on selection after defeat

Ireland rugby head coach, Joe Schmidt, has put his front-line stars under pressure ahead of the Test against Wales, in Cardiff, this Saturday. He says his World Cup selection process is still wide-open.

In the 57-15 defeat to England, at Twickenham on Saturday, a number of returning first-team regulars wilted in the London sun and were overpowered by Eddie Jones’s side in an eight-try to two hammering. Schmidt may have to readdress his 31-man squad for next month’s World Cup in Japan.