Leinster's Doris ready to lead with actions and words

Doris is another to have had his name inserted into the Irish captaincy conversation given his world-class status.

EVERYDAY'S A SCHOOLDAY: Caelan Doris speaks to the media after a squad training session on the Leinster Rugby 12 Counties Tour at Kilkenny College. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Not even a week had passed after Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final defeat to the All Blacks when some of the Leinster, Munster and Ulster players got together for a coffee back home and attempted to take stock.

For four months they had been fighting in the same ranks. Now the regiment had disbanded and they were on furlough before a return to their habitual ranks and the older ones were prepping their younger peers for how bizarre their next meetings would be.