Counihan exits stage after ‘wonderful experience’

Conor Counihan had barely sat down to face the press when he told reporters he’d gone.

Resigned. Stepped down. However you want to phrase it.

“When I came back I had a two-year term but the reality is that it’s challenging to keep it there, and I would have reflected, for some time, that now was the time to get a change of voice. There’s still a good squad of players there but after six years you have to challenge yourself and ask if you’re getting enough out of people. Maybe I wasn’t, that’s for others to judge, but the important thing is that I step down and a fresh voice takes over. I still think we’re in a good place.”