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Published 16:02 30 May 2016 BST
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"Matt would certainly be one of the guys [we are considering]," Schmidt said. "One of the advantages with him is he's a left-footed left winger - like for like with Luke Fitzgerald and he'd be certainly a guy who's in contention. "Some of those decisions might have been able to be made this morning but we haven't had the opportunity to get together. We'll make decisions this evening and we'll have someone else in camp tomorrow and it could well be Matt."Still, the Connacht questions kept coming. Schmidt stated that playing expansive, high risk-reward rugby would be even tougher to pull off at Test level but congratulated the westerners on their title success. At one stage, he conceded, "You're never going to get every decision right." https://twitter.com/IrishRugby/status/737279767498653696 The New Zealander was asked about the Connacht back three - Healy, Tiernan O'Halloran and Niyi Adeolokun - that infiltrated Leinster at will.
"The back three were outstanding at the weekend. Between Matt and Tiernan, they had a super game and that immediately put pressure on their opponents."Interview wrapped, we moved on to Heaslip. He paid dues to Connacht again and allowed himself a brief smile when asked if Ireland should play like Connacht against the Springboks.
"I'll do whatever the boss says."The boss will not be making any radical changes with Ireland yet. He's three years into his tenure and he has already delivered two Six Nations championships. Connacht are not going away any time soon, though, and that definitely is good news for Irish rugby.

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