Ireland’s forwards coach Paul O’Connell says that former skipper Jonny Sexton has passed on his quality to members of the squad.
Sexton retired after Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final defeat last year, but O’Connell says his players have some of the former skipper’s qualities.
“I think that one thing that Johnny [Sexton] has given a lot of the guys is that he has shown how much you have to care about the team, how much you have to care about how you prepare,” O’Connell said.
“He has shown how much you have to care about how the team feels come Saturday and he has been a great example to some of the guys who are going to end up as leaders within the team.
“While he has gone, a bit of his legacy from when he used to go about his business still lives on with us.
“A lot of the guys, Peter O’Mahony, Caelan Doris, James Ryan, Iain Henderson, Garry Ringrose, a lot of these guys, they have a few of his qualities in them that helps us to get to a good place every Saturday when we play.”
