Donal Lenihan: Paul O’Connell would be an inspired addition to Lions management ticket
Ireland forwards coach Paul O’Connell watches his players during squad training during the Guinness Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. While O’Connell may be reluctant to miss Ireland’s tour of the Pacific Islands, given his comparative inexperience as an international coach, a Lions tour and the chance to learn off a cohort of other, more established international coaches would hugely accelerate his development, which, in the longer term, will serve Irish rugby even better, says Donal Lenihan.
Another productive weekend for the French in Europe, another challenging week for Warren Gatland.
Let’s start with the Lions. When news broke late last Friday that Gatland had lost not one or two, but three of his trusted Lions coaching lieutenants, it must have been impossible for him not to wonder if this tour to South Africa has been cursed from the outset.
