Rob Kearney considers captain Rory Best is the”glue” that holds Ireland collectively however a farewell for him personally and head trainer Joe Schmidt is not essential against Wales on Saturday.
Best will play his final home match against Wales and will retire from baseball following the World Cup in Japan.
Schmidt will step down following the tournament following six successful years at the helm, in.
Kearney played down the importance of a send-off for this pair.
“Obviously it’s very important but it’s not in the forefront of our minds,” he explained.
“Performance is huge for us this week and even in the event you scale the operation, it is putting it into cubes; the first 10 seconds, the second 10 minutes, and so on.
“We actually should ensure we’re firing whatsoever cylinders for that first week, [of this championship ] so that this weekend is really a huge step for us.
“And you get to enjoy and feel proud of committing Joe and Rory the large send-off.”
Best, who played his match in May for Ulster, will get his 120th cap against Wales – causing him the third-highest restricted player in Ireland’s history – behind Brian O’Driscoll and only Ronan O’Gara.
“It is huge, isn’t it? And occasionally I think it will get a bit undervalued,” Kearney stated on Greatest’s leadership ahead of Ireland’s final World Cup warm-up match.
“A number of the momentous victories we’ve had as a group have been beneath Rory. He is a brilliant pioneer, he is the glue that brings the team together a great deal.
“Again, he’s a man who is training really well and I am sure he’s very excited to get out there and demonstrate that he’s still hugely effective at producing big performancesat his ripe old age”
Ireland returned to winning ways last weekend later they were comprehensively beaten by England 57-15 at Twickenham, edging out Wales 22-17 in Cardiff on Saturday.
Six weeks 24, before enjoying hosts Japan, schmidt’s unwanted face Scotland in their first World Cup group stage game on September 22.