Richie Murphy says that an Ireland under-20s Grand Slam success having beaten France and England away from home would be extra-special.
Murphy, who was previously kicking and skills coach with Leinster and the Ireland seniors, has guided the under-20s to within one victory of a clean sweep in this year's championship.
Ireland are hot favourites to complete the task against Scotland at Musgrave Park on Sunday (5pm) and the key to their success was their dramatic victory in France, when they came back from a 10-0 deficit and then scored a last-gasp try and conversion to secure the win.
"A lot of people are saying that, and it will be," said Murphy in relation to winning the top prize by beating the championship's big two on the road, a feat never achieved before.
"That win in France, the manner of it as well really set us up well. Going into the first game against Wales, there were a couple of areas of our game we were worried about, but over the whole in the past couple of weeks we’ve seen the guys come on really well.
"That was giving us a great start, giving us the confidence to go to France. Everything we talked about in France happened, which was great for the lads because I think they got great confidence in that, from the crowd and all those external factors, and then the game panned out similar to how we imagined it might, getting an opportunity late in the game.
"They were incredible the way they stuck to it.
"That really kicked them on, and the confidence in the group has grown. They’re driving their own agenda at this stage, we’re reminding them and keeping them on task, going back and trying to drive the things we started with.
"Our first camp was in October, the things we talked about in that very first camp when there were 50-odd players there, we talked about it yesterday in our review. It’s been a consistent message all the way through, and the guys have really bought into that."
The way things pan out, some of those involved this week will go on to play for Ireland at senior level while for others, this may well be the pinnacle of their careers.
Murphy wants them all to enjoy the week and the occasion as the players hope to achieve a second Grand Slam at this level for their country in the space of four years.
"There’s no doubt, and some of that came up last week in relation to going over to play England," the Dubliner remarked. "Some lads were saying it might be the only chance you get to do this.
"I think it’s in their mind, it’s not something we talk about too often. We try to deal just with the facts, being very clinical in terms of preparation, sticking with the process, knowing that if we deliver what we’ve delivered so far it’ll be good enough to get us over the line.
"We’re trying to not get caught up in the emotion of the thing. It’s all there, all in the background. It’s not something we ignore, but it’s not something we concentrate on."
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