Trying to find another gear

We're not sure how many people in this country will be tuned in to this but on Saturday, under the closed roof of the Millennium Stadium, there will be a full house to watch Wales and Ireland open their warm-up campaign for the World Cup. Naturally enough Joe Schmidt is all over this like a rash - both the game itself and the need to get the message out there that rugby has popped up on the agenda again, and tickets need to be sold for the Guinness series which opens against Scotland a week later.