Jack Carty targets national recall as Ireland coach Paul O'Connell runs eye over Connacht

Connacht fly-half Jack Carty. Picture: INPHO/Brian Reilly-Troy

Jack Carty revealed that Paul O’Connell addressed every one of the Connacht players, even the academy members, by their first name when he spoke to them at training at the Sportsground yesterday.

The Ireland forwards coach was an interested observer as Andy Friend put his squad through their paces in Galway for a tilt at O’Connell’s former Munster side at Thomond Park on Saturday.