Irish rugby must 'stay ahead of the game', Nucifora advises Humphreys

The former Ireland and Ulster No 10 will succeed the Australian next year. 

HANDOVER: David Humphreys who is set to succeed David Nucifora as IRFU performance director. Picture: David Davies/PA Wire.

David Nucifora has urged David Humphreys to keep Irish rugby one step ahead of the competition when he succeeds him as IRFU Performance Director next summer.

Former Ulster and Ireland fly-half Humphreys will join the IRFU in March for a four-month transitional period before assuming the role Nucifora performed for 10 years as the IRFU’s first head of its high-performance programme.