Monday 29 April 2013 17:26, UK
Joe Schmidt has been appointed as the new head coach of Ireland, the Irish Rugby Football Union has confirmed.
Ireland's grand-slam winning captain Brian O'Driscoll said last week that he learned more in three years under former school headmaster Schmidt than he did from any other coach in the previous decade. O'Driscoll will decide in July whether or not to retire and Schmidt has joked that he planted the supporters in the Leinster crowd who started the "one more year" chant on Saturday encouraging the centre to play on beyond this season. "He'll make his own decision but at the same time it doesn't stop you trying to push him towards one," Schmidt said. "I'd like to see him continue, I'd love to see him named tomorrow (in the British and Irish Lions squad), I think that would be part of a continuation of a stellar career, hopefully not the end of one."