Foreign game concerns Schmidt

LEINSTER coach Joe Schmidt would be “really tentative” about following Saracens’ lead in seeking to play a home Heineken Cup fixture on foreign soil.

Foreign game concerns Schmidt

The English club’s plans to face Biarritz in Cape Town next January were scrapped this week but ERC chief executive Derek McGrath has told the Irish Examiner yesterday that the Irish provinces are welcome to explore similar avenues should they so wish.

“We owe a massive amount to our supporters,” said Schmidt.

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