Simon Easterby: 'It's not a perfect scenario ... but hopefully it can be win-win'

The Emerging Ireland squad will head on a three-game tour to South Africa next month.

DUE SOUTH: Emerging Ireland head coach Simon Easterby at the Aviva Stadium on Wednesday. Pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Emerging Ireland head coach Simon Easterby is confident that the planned three-game tour to South Africa next month will prove to be of equal benefit to the four provinces and to the national ambitions going forward.

This is the second Emerging Ireland tour in just three seasons with the relatively last-minute nature of the 2022 trip causing consternation among the four club sides when coming as it did at such short notice and so soon into the new season.