O’Connell urges young Irish stars to stay at home

Give it another few years at least.

That’s the advice from Paul O’Connell to Simon Zebo — whose name was linked this week with a move to Toulouse — and others like Conor Murray and Peter O’Mahony, whose current Munster contracts come to an end next June and who may be tempted by a move to the south of France.

O’Connell, speaking yesterday at the University of Limerick where he received an honorary doctorate in Science, spent 15 memorable seasons with Munster and Ireland before deciding on a two year move to European champions Toulon.