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<\/p>\nIn the Autumn of 2010, a little-known New Zealander took over as head coach at Leinster.\u00a0 He had never been in charge of a professional team.\u00a0 After Leinster lost three of their first four games, a prominent Irish rugby pundit speculated that Schmidt\u00a0 had \u2018lost the dressing room\u2019.<\/p>\n
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Nine years on, Joe Schmidt has stepped down as Ireland coach having achieved success on a scale never before seen in Irish rugby. Two Heineken Cups in three seasons with Leinster.\u00a0 Three Six Nations championships in six seasons with Ireland, including the Grand Slam in 2018.\u00a0 And a host of firsts: the first Irish victory in South Africa; the first Irish defeat of the All Blacks, and then a second; and Ireland\u2019s first number 1 world ranking. Along the way, Schmidt became a byword for precision and focus in coaching, remarkable attention to detail and the highest of standards.<\/p>\n
But who is Joe Schmidt? In Ordinary Joe<\/em>, Schmidt tells the story of his life and influences: the experiences and management ideas that made him the coach, and the man, that he is today.\u00a0 And his diaries of the 2018 Grand Slam and 2019 Rugby World Cup provide a brilliantly intimate insight into the stresses and joys of coaching a national team in victory and defeat.\u00a0 Ordinary Joe <\/em>reveals an ordinary man who has helped his teams to achieve extraordinary things.<\/p>\n Michael McLoughlin, Publisher, Penguin Ireland said<\/strong>\u2026 \u2018It is a real honour to publish Joe Schmidt\u2019s book. We are particularly pleased that Joe has written it himself over the past couple of years. We think it gives real insight into the man behind the public image.\u00a0 Joe Schmidt has done more for Irish rugby than any other single coach and it is a legacy that will prevail.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Joe Schmidt said…<\/strong> \u2018<\/em>I was hesitant about putting my memories and thoughts into words but was encouraged to do so by a number of people close to me. I\u2019m an accidental coach and feel incredibly lucky to have worked alongside great people and to have had the opportunities that I\u2019ve had. Coaching in New Zealand, France and Ireland has been both challenging and rewarding, but the support from everyone and particularly the fans has been phenomenal. It is something I really appreciate.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Book > Joe Schmidt\u2019s Ordinary Joe. In the Autumn of 2010, a little-known New Zealander took over as head coach at Leinster.\u00a0 He had never been in charge of a professional team.\u00a0 After Leinster lost three of their first four games, a prominent Irish rugby pundit speculated that Schmidt\u00a0 had \u2018lost the dressing room\u2019. Nine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":612459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612461,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612457\/revisions\/612461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pppt-1.jpg\")
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