'It feels like a problem for future Ireland, not for me': McCloskey on centre succession planning

Rugby pundits may be tying themselves in knots over where the next Ireland centres will come from when the current crop of 30-something stalwarts finally hang it up, but for understandable reasons, those incumbents are not in the slightest bit concerned.

The midfield triumvirate of Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw and Bundee Aki which has dominated the numbers 12 and 13 jerseys for the best part of a decade has become a quartet in recent seasons with the late blossoming Test career being enjoyed by Stuart McCloskey.

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