Leinster eye O’Connor as Schmidt prepares for green light to succeed Kidney

All that remains now is the timing.

Leinster eye O’Connor  as Schmidt prepares for  green light to succeed Kidney

Joe Schmidt will be the next Ireland head coach. He knows it. The IRFU know it. Everyone knows it. Finding a window to announce it officially remains the only issue now.

The smoke signals in the capital over the weekend suggested the new chief may well be hailed as early as today and, if not then, by midweek.

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