Paul O'Connell not interested for now in Munster head coach job

It’s common for players and coaches to bat away all talk of possible futures and distant pasts on big weeks like this.

NOT FOR BUDGING: Ireland forwards coach Paul O'Connell before the Autumn Nations Series match between Ireland and Fiji. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

First things first. Paul O’Connell has no interest right now in the Munster job. That’s worth pointing out given the flurry of news about contracts for assistant coaches and speculation over possible successors to Graham Rowntree this week.

“No, I have no interest in it,” the province’s former captain and current Ireland forwards coach confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. “Certainly in the short-term anyway. I just hope they get the right man.”