Jamie Heaslip: 'Players played for Joe but in a different way than they would for an Andy or a Paulie'

Jamie Heaslip believes that the ethos created by Joe Schmidt is now a legacy and platform which Andy Farrell and his coaching team can build on and from

Head coach Andy Farrell, second from left, with assistant Mike Catt, left, and forwards coach Paul O'Connell during the Ireland captain's run at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. 

When Vinny Hammond, the union’s and team’s head analyst during Joe Schmidt’s time and now Andy Farrell’s, has talked about the need in his game to “care a shitload about the very little matters because a little can matter a shitload”, he has referenced a day similar enough to this Saturday afternoon.

Last time the final day of a Six Nations came down to a game between Scotland and Ireland followed by one between France against England, it all boiled down to a last-ditch tackle from Jamie Heaslip.