Focused Joe Schmidt not getting caught up in farewell fever

Joe Schmidt begins preparations for Saturday’s final summer Test against Wales and his last home game as Ireland head coach.

A week after Warren Gatland brought the curtain down on his 12-year tenancy at the Principality Stadium with a rare home defeat to Ireland, Schmidt will take his final bow in Dublin before embarking on the final campaign of his six-and-a-half-year tenure with the national side before taking a rugby sabbatical.