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Published 13:56 10 Mar 2016 GMT
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At Carton House this afternoon, Schmidt told us why:
"We haven't trained with Jared at 15 so it would be a big step for us to go with that... What we lack with Jared in midfield has been evident to us, especially on the edge, defensively." "... I don't think it is a re-occurrence of Rob's [previous hamstring injury] but it is the same hamstring... When something is recurrent, you do worry about it."Schmidt was at pains to stress that the door was not closed on McCloskey in this championship.
"We want to keep investing in Stuart but [selecting him] would create a concertina effect as it would mean shifting someone over elsewhere."For Paddy Jackson fans out there, Schmidt did note that his status as a 'one-position player' had hindered his chances of making the Irish bench. The same stands for Sexton.

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