NEWS EXTRA
By SAM JACKSON

FORMER Ireland captain Paul O’Connell has ruled himself out of the running for the Munster head coach job after saying he “wouldn’t be qualified” to replace the outgoing Johann van Graan.
O’Connell is currently Ireland forwards coach having joined Andy Farrell’s backroom team in January 2021.
The 42-year-old joins Ronan O’Gara in distancing himself from a return to Thomond Park.
“I won’t be doing it,” O’Connell said. “I wouldn’t be qualified to do it. It’s like if you were kind of good at pulling pints being asked to run the bar. They’re two different things.”...