Ronan O’Gara believes information passed on by Joe Schmidt this week might benefit New Zealand but he doesn’t see the former Ireland coach having a big impact on what happens tomorrow.
The early drafting in of Schmidt, who was due to join Ian Foster’s management team after the Irish tour, following a Covid outbreak among the All Blacks’ coaches this week has added another layer of intrigue to this clash.
O’Gara said: “In a week or five days it’s very difficult but, you can assume from when he was working with the Blues, word gets around very quickly and if it is the same Joe we know for the last 15 years his nuggets of information will be very powerful.
