Munster's Jack O'Donoghue on Leamy link - 'We'll just wait and see'

If Jack O'Donoghue knows something about Munster’s coaching set-up for next season, he’s not letting on.

Current forwards coach Graham Rowntree will take over the head coach role from Johann van Graan when the season ends but with JP Ferreira and Stephen Larkham also on the way out, there are more backroom roles to be filled.

Mike Prendergast, the former Munster scrum-half currently the attack coach at Racing 92, has been linked with a move home, while Denis Leamy’s name is also doing the rounds.

A Grand Slam winner with Ireland and a two-time Heineken Cup winner with the Reds, the former number 8 is currently the contact skills coach with rivals Leinster.

Previously, the 40-year-old worked in the Munster set-up and it’s understood that he is high on their list for next year’s coaching ticket.

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"I would have worked under him there with Munster 'A’s," O’Donoghue tells RTÉ Sport.

"He was an incredible player for both Munster and Ireland and certainly someone I would have looked up to as a number 8.

"To work with him with the ‘A’s was incredible because of the type of person he is, a friendly giant but he can certainly give it to you at the same time when you’ve gone wrong.

"Yeah, look, I’ve seen his name been thrown around.

"I haven’t a clue if he’s coming in or not but I know he’s doing a really good job up at Leinster at the moment so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

"There’s that bit of excitement wondering about who is going to come in and you hear a few names