O’Connell on board to learn as well as teach, insists McNamara

It’s the job of the Ireland U20s coach to push and prod the players of tomorrow further down the development line but Noel McNamara found himself talking about one from the past yesterday.

It was inevitable really.

On hand in Dublin city centre to announce the squad for what will be his first Six Nations in this particular hot seat, McNamara wouldn’t have been surprised when the conversation swung towards one Mr Paul O’Connell.