Judgement day at this World Cup has come early for Ireland and Scotland. The knockout rounds have not even begun at this World Cup but already this is a do-or-die decider: the best Scottish side in a generation meeting probably the greatest Ireland side ever, a clash of two of the top five teams in the world with a last eight place on the line.
We have had great pool stage encounters before at this tournament but perhaps none with these sort of stakes. This feels like an occasion that, even at this early stage of the World Cup, will come to be a defining day in the rugby histories of these two Celtic nations.
