The Irish Independent's Hugh Farrelly believes Leinster's Joe Schmidt needs to start winning matches as the season hots up.
"Time is "the school in which we learn and the fire in which we burn". Whether it lingers for women has never been properly established but we know that time waits for no man -- and certainly not the professional rugby coach.
"Victor Costello reckons the bedding-in process between players and a new coach takes three months. The problem for Leinster coach Joe Schmidt is that, when his three months are up, Leinster's challenge for Heineken Cup and Magners League silverware could, effectively, be over. In one sense, that would take the pressure off and allow Schmidt, who is on a three-year deal, to entrench systems and build confidence for the future. The problem is that this is World Cup year and Ireland need their top players, a chunk of whom are corralled in Leinster, to be competing in high-intensity knock-out games to prepare for New Zealand 2011."
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