Schmidt paid tribute to a different of his former Leinster and Eire gamers, 37-year-old prop Cian Healy, who is ready to overhaul Brian O’Driscoll as Eire’s document caps holder on Saturday by making his 134th worldwide look after being named on the bench for the ultimate recreation of the nation’s autumn sequence.
“He’s distinctive. A bodily specimen. A bit like Andrew Porter is. Each these guys, you must lock them out of the fitness center one of the best you’ll be able to.
“[But] Cian is so agile and he was so dynamic after I first bought to Leinster,” added the Wallabies as he recalled Healy being satisfied he might end off a backs transfer within the 2012 Heineken Cup semi-final in opposition to Clermont-Auvergne in 2012.
“The cross from Richardt Strauss was going into Rob Kearney and there’s Cian on his shoulder attempting to overhaul him. He’s that type of athlete.
“And he was deadly near the road. The opposition couldn’t cease him and we couldn’t get the ball off him.”
If Healy does get on the sphere, he’s more likely to discover himself in opposition his fellow loose-head prop James Slipper who grew to become the Wallabies’ document cap holder in September when he made his a hundred and fortieth look.
“Perhaps there’s one thing to be mentioned about loose-head props. They know learn how to get that longevity. With Slips enjoying on the weekend and Cian Healy, I am fairly certain that we’ll catch up afterwards and people two will share a little bit of hydration,” smiled the Australia coach.
