Rugby is struggling to get its head around the tackle

Find something you feel as passionate about as Andy Farrell when he talks about defence, and breaks it down into the intricacies of tackle height and technique and head positioning, and you’ll never work a day in your life.

The Ireland assistant coach talks like he played, with a directness and an honesty that makes him an engaging interviewee, but the words tumbled out of his mouth that bit quicker, and for that much longer, as he spoke at length here about the changing face of rugby collisions. Farrell has plenty of skin in this game.