David Humphreys

It's just things like that that make you challenge your own views.

What does high performance actually look like?

High performance is about making players comfortable to perform, giving them the best opportunity to perform.

And everybody's got a different view on that one.

I suppose those experiences in Gloucester and with English cricket probably challenged what I would have come out of the Irish rugby system.

my own view, and I've only seen him over the last sort of 18 months, but he's by far and away the best coach that I have seen working with players.

You talked about it.

It's his relationship with players.

It's his relationship with coaches.

It's his ability to get the best out of the team.

When you look back at the...

over the course of the last 12 months this season.

I knew you boys have both experienced it.

I wasn't good enough to do it.

But coming off the back of a Lions tour, the challenge that's faced in getting players, and in this case for Ireland, with all our staff involved,

getting them through the season and performing at the level that we saw Ireland perform.

Outside of the French game, we were a little bit better in Italy, but the transformation in our team, that was very much due to Andy Farrell's influence on what he brought to the team preparation in those weeks.

And for me, from an Irish point of view, Tommy, be careful what you wish for.

We've got the best coach in world rugby coaching our team at the minute.

You know, there's been some people who've gone, why would you extend him now?