IRFU performance director David Humphreys has 'absolutely no doubt' about Simon Easterby as he prepares to lead Ireland in this year's Six Nations in Andy Farrell's absence.
Irish Rugby Football Union performance director David Humphreys says he has "absolutely no doubt" about Simon Easterby as he prepares to lead Ireland in this year's Six Nations in head coach Andy Farrell's absence.
"But on the other side, we have a very well-established coaching team. Simon Easterby has been around for a long time and he's known what has been the key ingredients of delivering success for the Irish team. "I think we'd all accept that the level of performance in the November internationals wasn't really where Ireland have been and where they'd expect to be," added Humphreys,"But I think you saw last weekend in European competition a lot of the players that are here performed really well in winning teams but even in the Munster performance , a lot of the players produced big games. We have players coming into form at the right time.
But while Leinster have played in each of the last three Champions Cup finals , Ulster have not featured in a decider since 2012, Munster have been absent from the showpiece since winning the competition in 2008 while Connacht have not qualified since the 2021-22 season.
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