Caelan Doris: 'There's a bit of frustration there but it's also that I know I have more in me'

Ireland captain Caelan Doris has set out his goals for the season but they lie in the background as he concentrates on his game week by week.

MORE TO COME: Ireland and Leinster backrow Caelan Doris has been named Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Men’s Player of the Year acknowledging an outstanding 2023/2024 season for both club and country. Picture: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

There’s always more. To give. To do. To be. Caelan Doris has had quite the week. Captain of the Ireland team that saw off Argentina in Dublin last Friday, he was nominated for the men’s XVs World Rugby player of the year on Monday, then named Ireland’s best in the same category by the Rugby Writers of Ireland on Tuesday night at the Guinness Storehouse.

“Pretty cool,” he said of the individual garlands, although it goes without saying that there was the accustomed reflection as to how these sort of baubles tend to come on the back of a collective effort, in his case with either Leinster or Ireland. He is, he pointed out, a product of his environment.