Yet despite Ireland being dominated, Schmidt and his team were reluctant to change things. Compare this to Wales on Friday - Warren Gatland changed his halfbacks on 53 minutes, just after Wales had taken the lead. Gatland’s pragmatism paid off, Schmidt was caught on his heels. He knew England did to Ireland what Ireland would have gladly done to them. Joe Schmidt’s team can only atone for this heavy beating by winning the championship in Cardiff (if that’s even possible anymore).

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2019 09:11 UTC