Stephen Ferris: Jacob Stockdale should be put back in Ireland team for England clash

Jacob Stockdale: Call to bring him back for Engand game. Picture: PA

Stephen Ferris has urged Andy Farrell to hand a fit-again Jacob Stockdale a recall for this Saturday’s Six Nations showdown with England, at the expense of wing James Lowe.

The former Ulster and Ireland flanker is also advocating a first Test start for Ryan Baird in the Irish second row as a replacement for the unavailable James Ryan, and keeping the in-form Tadhg Beirne as a flanker rather than recall Peter O’Mahony following his three-game suspension for the Aviva Stadium clash.