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Published 10:28 1 May 2016 BST
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"If Joe was offered the role that he wanted to do, that would be great. "And we'd cope. Hopefully his time away from the team isn't too long but if it had to be, and he wanted to do it, we'd certainly be supportive."It remains to be seen if Schmidt would insist upon remaining in charge of Ireland for the November internationals, against New Zealand [twice], Canada and Australia. Were he required to step back from his day-to-day role, Ireland would, most likely, be led by Simon Easterby with new defence coach Andy Farrell as his leading assistant.

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