Cian Tracey

And certainly my impression of that all those years ago was that he was a bit of a gentle giant.

He was really softly spoken, a very nice guy, you'd have to say as well.

And I think reading the various tributes, I think it was really telling, Will, the amount of like, you know, I saw Munster and Leinster, the IRFU, putting out different tweets.

I saw different players paying their respects.

And I think he seems to have been universally liked, even though I would imagine

particularly for loose heads.

He must have been one of the most difficult opponents they'd ever face in terms of scrummaging the sheer size and weight of the man.

And yeah, look, it's just, it's desperately, it's desperately sad on a human level, fingers crossed, he can make a full recovery.

But it's also, it's terrible for French rugby.

It's terrible for La Rochelle rugby because I know he's 35 and his best years are behind him.

But I still think you could get, you know, 40 minutes from him, 30 minutes.

Like I said, I fully expected him to be involved next week.

against Ireland and I suppose it's the end of an era in many ways isn't it that La Rochelle team are kind of come towards their end they're having a really difficult season in the top 14 they've dropped down to the Challenge Cup and I think guys like Weenie Antonio Will Skelton were obviously at the forefront of the height of their success under Ronan O'Gara and yeah just a really really sad way for him to

So yeah, we're going to Paris on Monday, Will, same as the Ireland team.

We're going to have another press conference on Sunday.

We'll get the latest update on the likes of Tadhg Furlong, anyone else who might be picking up knocks between now and then.

So there'll be a press conference on Sunday and on a red-eye flight Monday morning to get to Paris, get set up there.

And yeah, one thing to look out for for people next week is that

The team announced and obviously everything is thrown out of kilter because of the Thursday evening game.

So the Ireland team is going to be named on Tuesday, but it's going to be named very early in the morning, I think around 9am Irish time.