O’Leary relishing Exiles leadership role

So far so good for Tomas O’Leary following his move from Munster to London Irish.

His new coach, Brian Smith, heaped praise on the Irish international following their 34-10 victory over Munster at Musgrave Park on Friday night, describing the Corkman as ‘unbelievable.’

“He is really emerging as a leader for us,” said Smith. “We signed him because I’ve coached teams against him and both I and Shaun Edwards rate him very highly. We know there are a lot of good scrum-halves in Ireland but he is right up there with the best of them. We have asked him to step forward to play a leadership role at the club, he is very vocal, and we wanted a bit of Munster at London Irish.