Schmidt is expecting no 'love bombs'

Australia coach Joe Schmidt (right) is not expecting any "love bombs" when he returns to Lansdowne Road, where he engineered many famous wins for Ireland, but he is still the man Johnny Sexton once said taught the Irish "how to win".

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The 59-year-old former teacher won many plaudits for his coaching of Leinster and Ireland and today hopes he can engineer a win over the Irish.

Current Ireland coach Andy Farrell says New Zealander Schmidt deserves "all the accolades" he receives because "of what he did for Irish rugby".

"He's the most successful coach in Irish rugby when you look at his time overall in Dublin," said Farrell, who was his assistant from 2016-19.

"That experience that I've gained under Joe, seeing how he does it on the inside is invaluable."