So the million dollar question: should Ireland coach an offloading policy at this World Cup? I don’t think you can. You are either intuitively good at it or not. I never was, so I didn’t do it. You can see the guys who are: they see the gap, take the tackle on their own terms knowing exactly what they are doing before contact happens. Then they free their hands.

England made 14 successful offloads at Twickenham, their visitors just three. This could be the stick to beat Ireland if things go wrong over the coming weeks.