Jacob Stockdale the leading light in winter of content


Three wins in front of full-houses, 36 caps handed out and a move up the World Rugby rankings to No 3 represents a good month's work for Ireland.

With the players back in the provinces, the national team coaches will be sifting through the footage to determine who made a case for next year's Six Nations, who took a step backwards and who needs to be stored away for future use.

Before Christmas, Joe Schmidt will gather the troops to debrief on November and begin planning towards spring. Then, the senior men will get some down-time during the interpros and when they join up again in January it will be all systems go.