“I was deeply honoured to be linked to the position of Head Coach for the Springbok team and having being involved with the team before, it was obviously something that I would have thought about very carefully. A big part of that consideration would be my connection to the Ireland team as well as my desire to see out my contract as I am very happy here.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeclan and the IRFU showed great faith in bringing me here and it has been a wonderful experience from a professional point of view, as well as for my family. There is still such great potential and opportunities for the Ireland team and I have great faith in the players that we can achieve things together with the coaching staff.<\/p>\n
“I have not given up on the possibility of coaching my country in the future, but my focus now is on Ireland and on our first game in The RBS 6 Nations Championship.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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