'I love what I do here': Easterby distances himself from Wales link but stops short of ruling himself out

The interim Ireland boss leads his side to Cardiff this weekend.

IN DEMAND: Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

Simon Easterby could hardly be described as having fluttered his eyelids in the direction of the Welsh Rugby Union as Ireland prepared to depart for Cardiff on Thursday.

Yet nor could you say he definitively shut down the suggestion he could be the successor to Warren Gatland as permanent Wales head coach.