IRFU keen to keep Paulie close: 'You don't want to waste a resource like Paul O'Connell'
Recently retired captain Paul O’Connell may not spend too long away from Irish rugby, if the upper echelons of the IRFU have anything to do with it.
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SUBSCRIBERecently retired captain Paul O’Connell may not spend too long away from Irish rugby, if the upper echelons of the IRFU have anything to do with it.
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