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"He's got a young family now but I know, from speaking to him, that some days he's up for it [coaching] and other days he's not so sure. But it would be great to get him into the game, there's no doubt about it. When you speak to him about the game, his approach is so intelligent and he has had so many huge experiences. " It would be great to see him back involved as he has so much to offer to the game and he is so well respected around the world."O'Connell was said to have run the Irish lineouts for the latter part of his career and British & Irish Lions coach tipped him as a potential coach when he stayed on in Australia to pass on advice, after he had broken his arm in the First Test victory over the Wallabies. Prendergast recalls O'Connell, his wife Emily and the couple's children, paying him and Bernard Jackman a visit when they were coaching at Grenoble in March 2016. He says: "They were over more on a family break, for 10 days, but he came in every day, sat down with us and went through training and the way we played with the [forwards implementing] the 2-4-2 system, which he had played under Rob Penney at Munster... The minute he arrived he had that massive respect of the players, and Paul is very approachable and an easy guy to get on with. "The French guys and the lads of different nationalities were just bouncing ideas off him and having a general chat. He filled in very well, enjoyed it and got a good taste of it."
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