Conor Whelan

Yeah, I think definitely.

And I think ultimately, like, I think that's what people want to see, like, is they want to see the personality, really.

But do you think that aided your performance?

And even just that... I think the media thing is a bit overstated too.

Like, I think, like, you're looking at, you know, the Irish rugby players there at the weekend, the morning of a game or the night before doing media.

Like, it's like...

I just think if if you're putting it down that media has distracted your attention from performing a game well I don't think you have any business really playing at an elite level like I think I think you're so focused at that stage that you could say anything really and it just you're basically it's just soundbites you're saying the same thing over again anyways that you're

laser focused and the opposition are great and like you know i i just think sometimes it's obviously it's it's obviously the way the culture has gone that i suppose there is that access to players for for the likes of you like but i just think you know sometimes you're nearly saying more by not doing it like i think you know like what's what's what's ultimately wrong and

sorry what's ultimately wrong with you know coming out and having a conversation really like as opposed to like yeah i i can't do it because i'm i'm playing to seize mccaw like it's like i just think it's probably a bit overkill like what brought you to that thinking oh was that has that always been your thinking yeah that's always yeah i'd say pretty much always i think

I think I'd be a person that I wouldn't read newspapers.

I'm not on Twitter or TikTok or any of that, so I suppose I don't... The media doesn't really bother me that much, so I suppose I just don't really get that caught up in it, I suppose, really.

So that's probably why I think that way.

Not really.

Sometimes I might, but...

I'd say I'll definitely be a big fan.

Like, I am a massive Galway Hurling fan.

I definitely will be.

I definitely won't be involved in coaching.

I can tell you that much.

There's absolutely no chance of that.