'I don't know if I'd be there yet' - Paul O'Connell plays down idea of Lions role and says Andy Farrell's sabbatical will be 'great' for Ireland

"I don't know, I don't know if I'd be...certain coaches would go on that and they'd be really confident, they'd be doing it longer than I'd be."

"I think it would be a tough tour, you've two games a week, different countries coming together. Lions coaching, Warren Gatland and Shaun Edwards did such a good job with it..."

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