Interim Eire head coach Paul O’Connell may have Denis Leamy, Mike Prendergast and Colm Tucker as his teaching workforce for this summer season’s Exams in Georgia and Portugal.
O’Connell was confirmed as interim boss last week, with Andy Farrell and Simon Easterby away with the Lions.
Former Eire again row Leamy has been Munster defence coach since 2022, whereas Prendergast has been the province’s assault coach for the previous three seasons and led Eire ‘A’ in February’s defeat by England.
Tucker is Connacht’s scrum coach and in addition led the workforce throughout final weekend’s United Rugby Championship loss to Munster in Castlebar, with head coach Pete Wilkins on sick depart.
All three coaches will hyperlink up with Eire on the finish of the membership season. The squad is because of be introduced in mid-June.
Eire face Georgia in Tbilisi on 5 July (18:00 BST) and Portugal in Lisbon on 12 July (time TBC).
Former Eire and British and Irish Lions captain O’Connell took over as interim boss after Easterby was appointed as a part of Lions head coach Farrell’s backroom workforce.
Eire scrum coach John Fogarty and assault coach Andrew Goodman are additionally on Farrell’s Lions ticket.
O’Connell mentioned he was “honoured” to just accept the place.
“With a busy schedule of worldwide rugby this summer season, these two Exams will present us with additional alternatives to evaluate and develop the competitors ranges throughout the squad,” added O’Connell.
“I’m excited to work with a training workforce who I do know properly individually and are vastly motivated to ship success to Eire and sit up for placing our plans in place over the approaching weeks.”
Irish Rugby Soccer Union efficiency director David Humphreys says it should mark an “necessary step” in O’Connell’s teaching profession.
“He will likely be assisted by Denis, Mike and Cullie who’ve all been in Eire camp at totally different factors during the last variety of months and their choices is one other constructive development of their teaching careers and reasserts the IRFU’s dedication to growing a pathway for Irish coaches,” added Humphreys.
