‘You don’t want to waste a resource like Paul O’Connell'

David Nucifora, the union’s performance director, explained yesterday that discussions about a coaching career had already taken place with O’Connell before he finished up as a player.
Although Munster’s coaching backroom team is in a state of flux until incoming director of rugby Rassie Erasmus announces his staff, Nucifora and the IRFU are eager for O’Connell to take up a role that could come at national level.