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FORMER Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt will start a new role next month as World Rugby’s director of rugby and high performance. The New Zealander led Ireland to three Six Nations titles and helped them become the No 1 ranked team in the world during six years at the helm between 2013 and 2019.
The newly-created role will see Schmidt remain in Dublin at World Rugby’s headquarters, where his responsibilities will include player welfare, training and education. He left the Ireland job following their quarter-final defeat to New Zealand at the World Cup in Ja...