Andy Farrell is playing it so cool before Ireland's Grand Slam shot that he's hoping to bring his son Owen's kids to the home side's Captain's Run tomorrow.
Owen is expected to be named as England's out-half for the Aviva Stadium clash on Saturday as the Red Rose seek some redemption after their record loss to France last week, and as Andy's Ireland look to complete the championship clean sweep for only the fourth time in the tournament's history.
Andy confided that the pair will speak before the game. "I'll have a conversation, yeah," he said.
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"We don't ask questions that put the other person in too much of a predicament.
"I know that he's travelling over today, he's not staying too far from our house actually.
"The grandkids (Tommy and Freddie) are coming over today as well, so we'll be trying to poach them into our Captain's Run tomorrow and see if we can squeeze them to cheer for Ireland.
"We'll see how that goes."
Farrell senior had previously revealed that he had gifted Tommy an Ireland jersey.
"I've told him to bring it, yeah, so we'll see what he wears on Saturday," Andy grinned.
At the same time, the Ireland supremo is expecting the real England to stand up and fight on Lansdowne Road this weekend.
Losing 53-10 to France is bound to spark a reaction from Steve Borthwick's side and Farrell said: "Well, it's what they have been saying - you know, Ellis Genge coming out and saying they're going to fight.
"Of course 100% they will and they're going to be formidable opponents for us at the weekend.
"I know the quality of player that they've got, and watching them also in the Six Nations and in patches we've seen in their attacking game when it has been flowing etc, they're as dangerous as anyone in the competition.
"So I think they'll have the emotional edge, obviously. There's no better tonic, is there than getting back out there and playing again and putting a few things right.
"You'd expect them to be way better than their best so far because I know that's what is in them, I know the fight that's in the player and the coaching staff.
"I suppose in many ways this is the perfect weekend for them so we're expecting to be at their best and that's good for us, again it allows us to challenge ourselves."
Ireland, however, are hungry to win a Grand Slam in Dublin for the first time, having previously done so in Belfast, Cardiff and London.
"It's something that we've talked about from day one coming in, before we went to Portugal, that it's not been done here," Farrell stated.
"We've earned the right to have a go at that so we know how much it means to the Irish people and their support has been unbelievable for us - and I hope there's a bit of a two-way thing on Saturday where we try and get them going and they try and get us going as well.
"You can feel the buzz. That's what we've done, we've put ourselves in a position to have a crack at this and it's something that we've been up front about from the beginning, which is pretty pleasing.
"Now we're here, we've got to deliver."
Farrell has talked before about the connection that exists between his team and the Ireland supporters, and he elaborated on that bond in his press conference at the Aviva Stadium this afternoon.
"It's because we genuinely do care about the game in Ireland," he said.
"What is it, probably the fourth biggest sport? We want to grow the game, we want to inspire a generation of people to enjoy the rugby and we want to people to be proud of what we're doing and that's genuine.
"We get a buzz from that connection and we feel it massively.
"We know what type of weekend it is for everyone involved - but for the people who are coming to the game and the millions all around the world, we'll understand our responsibility to make sure that we hopefully do them proud."
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