O’Sullivan gets helping hand

WHILE the Genesis report as presented by the IRFU on Monday evening didn’t carry a single direct reference to the Irish coach, Eddie O’Sullivan, it has considerable implications for a man who has come in for fierce criticism from many quarters from the day the Irish World Cup challenge began to unravel.

Belatedly, the union is prepared to appoint a manager to help O’Sullivan in a number of areas, thereby releasing him to concentrate on preparing the national team for each and every engagement.

They are also set to impose a backs coach and psychological expert while several other changes are being recommended, some of which are aspirational and self evident to even the most casual observer.