The Ireland forwards coach admires how Irish players rely on emotions less these days.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Tours BACK IN PAUL O’Connell’s playing days, particularly earlier in his Ireland career, there were times when they dipped too far into the emotional well.
It has them on a 16-game winning streak at the moment and Ireland hope to make it 17 against Scotland in Saturday’s crucial World Cup Pool B clash. Advertisement “In fairness, it would have come in under Joe [Schmidt] and that ability to just be focused on what’s right in front of you and not what’s too far ahead of you.
“They kind of acknowledge, you know, whenever we’ve been on tour down in New Zealand or whenever we’re playing in the Six Nations, in terms of having a chance of winning it, they acknowledge it, they might have a quick chat about it, and that allows them to focus on what’s in front of them.
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