Ronan O’Gara: The Joe Schmidt I saw doesn’t create robots

None of what O’Gara saw was revolutionary, just familiar work done better.

For Ronan O’Gara, the small details left the biggest impression, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Joe Schmidt has permitted few people to peek into the inner sanctum of his dressing-room, or his mind, and the former Munster out-half was left suitably impressed by the two weeks just spent with the Kiwi and his callow Ireland squad in Carton House and New Jersey.