The Left Wing: Enda McNulty on Ireland's resilience, working with Joe Schmidt and World Cup fallout

Enda McNulty during his time working with the Ireland team. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

On the latest episode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald look back on Ireland's win over Scotland and discuss the mental preparation for Saturday's Grand Slam decider with former Ireland performance coach Enda McNulty.

Luke kicks things off with his assessment of Ireland's impressive win over Scotland before Enda joins the lads to give his insights into working with Ireland under Joe Schmidt.The pressure of performing at the highest level, the difference between Schmidt and Andy Farrell's setup and the fallout to the 2019 World Cup are all topics of discussion during an interesting chat with Enda.Don’t forget to join us on Thursday for the team news announcement while the post-match show from the Aviva on Saturday will see Sinéad, Cian and Rúaidhrí analyse what one hopes will be a historic day in Dublin.If you want to get in touch, email your questions and comments to theleftwing@independent.ie, or contact the team on Twitter @SlatteryWill @lukefitz11 @CianTracey1 @SinéadKissane and @RuaidhriOC.Listen and follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts from.