Finding a replacement for Stuart Lancaster will be no easy task

Post-World Cup is the time when coaches tend to appear on the job circuit like a cluster of thirsty animals at a watering hole and Leinster are a club with a high standing

BIG BOOTS TO FILL: Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster. Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

Maybe the biggest compliment Leinster paid Stuart Lancaster was made on day one. The term ‘senior coach’ wasn’t really part of the rugby lexicon until the Englishman rocked up in Dublin. It was essentially created just for him.

Not the head coach but not an assistant either, it was a masterclass in semantics and perception, but trying to find someone to step into his shoes when the former English boss has left such a unique imprint will be no easy task.