Jonny Holland
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He puts them in these positions.
He has his clock running a training.
He gives the scenarios that they're facing.
And the further they go in this project, the better they're becoming in these situations.
So, to be honest, 10 points down with 10 minutes to go, those sort of situations won't bother them because they'll have practiced those scenarios as they go.
What's been so impressive, and I don't think anyone really saw it coming, was the amount of players...
that Stewart now has in the squad, which he probably didn't have at the start, that's comfortable at this level.
You know, like the likes of Sean Naughton, it's interesting, Sean Naughton and Jack Murphy were in the same Leinster schools team together and both were vying for tens.
Both left Leinster and they've gone away, one to Connacht, one to Ulster.
They've been fantastic this season and I've been really, really impressed with the way Sean has gone about it.
Very impressive with the likes of Billy Bone, who's been absolutely fantastic too.
But there's a whole host of players.
Sam Hillo.
Sam Hillo is another one.
He's come from Wesley College.
Stuart has this fantastic ability to bring these people through.
And look, for the project and for Irish rugby, this is just great.
he's going to continue it now Jerry Kerr is now signed across which like I know Leinster fans are jumping up and down going Jerry's one of ours but if you actually stop and think about it well we've got Porter you have Boyle when everyone comes back next year Jerry Kerr has or whoever made the decision whether it be Jerry Kerr whether David Humphries forced the move I'm not privy to that information but it's the correct decision for Irish Rugby that he's gone here
It's been an unbelievable career and a firm to last that long in a front row position as well, which is a really tough situation to be in, to play that amount of times for your province.
Yeah, he is the most unluckiest, but he'd probably term his career as being lucky.