Subscriber Only: Gear up, it’s Cheltenham time; Schmidt looking to tick off one final box

On to rugby and we’re not far out now from the final weekend of the Six Nations when Wales will look to complete a Grand Slam, Ireland will look to stop them and hope that, if Scotland can do a favour, retain the Championship title. If Joe Schmidt has done virtually everything during his time in charge of Ireland, the one thing he has failed to do is beat Wales on home soil. On Saturday he will look to do that in his final Six Nations match against the near neighbourse.

But Wales and Warren Gatland will be determined to make sure that that does not happen if they are to claim the Grand Slam. In his column this morning Gerry Thornley writes that the fixtures have fallen nicely for Gatland and his team but that they have still be extremely impressive to put themselves in this position. In domestic rugby, the 2019/20 Pro14 seasonand games will continue during the Rugby World Cup.

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