Rory Best on retirement: 'It's important it doesn't affect match preparation'

There were tears on Thursday morning as Rory Best stepped off the Ireland team's training pitch at Carton House for the last time. Not his, though.

The Ireland skipper retires from rugby after the upcoming World Cup but he is sticking rigidly to the 'next game up' mantra – even if the visit of Wales to the Aviva Stadium this weekend will mark his last ever game of rugby at the Lansdowne Road venue.