Leinster boss Joe Schmidt has said he expects to know next week if he is to succeed Declan Kidney as Ireland head coach.
By Declan Whooley
The New Zealander would be a popular choice and confirmed on The Late Late Show last night that talks with the IRFU had gone well and a decision will be made in the coming days.
“We had a really good chat,” he told Ryan Tubridy. “To be honest they know me pretty well and I know them pretty well.”
“Whoever gets the job it’s a super job. It’s one of the big jobs in rugby and for me one of the things that it would allow is… week to week it’s a seven-day working week for me at the moment.”
Schmidt was on the show speaking about epilepsy, discussing his nine year-old son Luke’s experiences with the condition, but the topic of the Ireland management vacancy was inevitably brought up.
He believes that a national role would give him more time flexibility to help out at home, something that really appeals to him at the moment.
“Just with a national team when the team are in camp it’s very, very busy but it would give me a little bit of flexible time and available time to help and support Luke and certainly my wife in looking after him,” he added.
The Leinster boss said he expects a decision by the end of next week.
We can’t imagine too many dissenting voices should the Kiwi be chosen as the man to succeed Kidney.
