Calvin Nash: 'I was kind of shocked with how well Andy Farrell handles people'

It was Andy Farrell who unlocked the puzzle Calvin Nash was grappling with after feeling he had not offered the best picture of himself in previous training camps.

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell and Calvin Nash after the Six Nations victory over Scotland. Picture: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Calvin Nash has hailed “mastermind” Andy Farrell for his man-management skills over Ireland’s successful Guinness Six Nations campaign and for helping to express himself in as a player in the green jersey.

The Munster wing, 26, went into the championship campaign with a single cap from a 19-minute Test debut off the bench against Italy in a World Cup warm-up last August and behind first-choice Mack Hansen and Jimmy O’Brien in the pecking order for the number 14 Ireland jersey as the 2023 Grand Slam winners geared up for a Six Nations title defence.