Joe Schmidt: Even 'one more player' in World Cup squad 'would make a difference'

Joe Schmidt believes just one more additional player on the plane to Japan would be enough to ease his selection headaches as he finalises his 31-man Ireland World Cup squad this weekend.

Whether it was 31 players or 40, squad selection was always going to be a numbers game and Schmidt is in the same boat as the 19 other head coaches set to finalise their 31-man squads for Japan.