Willing disciple O'Brien embracing roaming role 

Adept at full-back, wing and centre, Jimmy O’Brien relishes what Ireland’s coaching team asks of its players.

VERSATILE: Jimmy O'Brien. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Mack Hansen and James Lowe are rewriting the rugby wing’s handbook with their roving mission across the Irish backline. 

Yet as they apply the philosophies of Andy Farrell and attack coach Mike Catt to ditch the pre-ordained rigidity of the numbers on their backs, their squad-mate Jimmy O’Brien is the living embodiment of the practice.