Focused Paul O’Connell happy to get down to business once again

Paul O’Connell will have too much on his mind today to ponder his place in the Irish rugby pantheon as he makes his home Test farewell at Aviva Stadium. But that will suit the national team captain nicely.

The Munster, Ireland and Lions legend is due to play his last match for Ireland on home soil when the World Cup preparations for Joe Schmidt’s squad bring a formidable Wales team to Dublin.

Yet the 35-year-old, who will quit Test rugby at the end of the tournament in October and join European champions Toulon, will be all business and will not wallow in the attention coming his way.