Eddie O'Sullivan

If he is a bad game on the weekend, I think he's gooses cooked for the World Cup, to be honest.

To be fair, the guy has pedigree, you know.

He's been unlucky, he's been out of form, he's lost out.

He got his chance in Paris, we thought, and he fluffed his lines, and you think there might be no way back for him.

But quite literally, he's not writing them off.

Now, if I was Tommy O'Brien, I'd be apoplectic, because O'Brien came off the bench, and basically he's up-twicken him.

And O'Brien has said to us, well,

why is he giving this guy who would take my shirt off me another shot?

You know, so it's very frustrating for O'Brien.

Like, if I was O'Brien, I'd be furious because O'Brien really did what he was asked to do off the bench.

He was outstanding.

He made a huge impact on the game.

And the guy who could eat your lunch, you know, was getting a shot...

on the back of that so that's pretty frustrating but I would say that's Tommy O'Brien's position as any player would but the bigger picture is I'd say Farless Hill I think Stockdale has it but I just need him to prove it to me and if he fluffs it no I think that's the case closed

So there's massive pressure on Stockdale.

If Stockdale fluffs these lines again on the weekend, I'd say there'd be a long road back to the World Cup for him because there'd be a lot of injuries.

So I think this is probably the conversation that's been had with Stockdale.

Look, Jacob, this is your shot here.

Either take it or you don't.

It's a plus because if you think of it, how we exit with Lowe all the time.