We don't need to be told that Joe Schmidt is quite a popular man in Ireland right now. A ten game winning streak and a grand slam still to play for, it's a surprise that the Kiwi hasn't been beatified yet. But forget sainthood, Rob Kearney has another job in mind for the Ireland boss.
In an interview with this month's Tatler Man, the Ireland full-back delivered the kind of sentiment that that we're fully ready to get behind.
It’s no secret how good he is as a coach. If he ran for presidency at the moment, he’d probably be there or thereabouts.
Now there's nothing wrong with Michael D of course but if the current president does feel the need to give up the Aras after his first term and, if Joe feels like retiring after bringing the Webb Ellis Cup back to these shores, then we'll be out canvassing for your vote as soon as we're needed.
Although, to be honest, we probably won't be needed. Just imagine how much better the country would be if we all had Joe Schmidt making us better people every Monday morning.
He’s done a huge amount for my game and developed me as a player. If you sat in on one of our Monday morning meetings with Joe, you’d see a list of 20 things that I would need to improve on.
