Hate saying it, but not remotely interested in watching Ireland anymore under the current setup and will be actively avoiding coverage of the games. No disrespect to the players but I personally have seen enough form this management team to make my mind up whether they are the way forward.

There was a piece in the Rugby Paper at the weekend of how Stuart Lancaster’s tenure is bringing the crowds back to Twickenham (320,000+ over the Autumn Schedule, approx 70 million in revenue) and this will bankroll the RFU’s plans to refurb parts of Twickenham ahead of the RWC.

Wonder what Deccie’s tenure is doing to the IRFU accounts? Its fortunate we have no debts to pay off, isn’t it. How very prescient of the IRFU it now seems to build a ground substantially smaller than rugby fans were clamouring for...

The squad announcement is on Wednesday. Are we expecting any call-ups? Macca? Wilko's not been in great form so wouldn't bet on him.

Anyone heading to any of the games? Going to South Africa and Fiji myself. Hoping to see a few of our lads involved in the Fiji game. It's hard to be objective but McSharry, O'Halloran, Griffin, Henshaw and Marmion have all been brilliant lately for me anyway.