Rob Kearney believes captain Rory Best is the”glue” that holds Ireland collectively however a farewell for him personally and head coach Joe Schmidt is not crucial against Wales on Saturday.
Best will play his final home match at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday against Wales and will retire in rugby after the World Cup in Japan.
Schmidt will also resign after the championship after six successful years at the helm, in.
Kearney played down the importance of a send-off for this pair.
“Obviously it is very important but it’s not at the forefront of the thoughts,” he explained.
“Performance is huge for us this week and even in the event that you scale back the performance, it is putting it into cubes; the first 10 seconds, the next 10 minutes, etc.
“We actually must ensure we are shooting in any way cylinders for this very first week, [of the tournament] so this weekend is a very huge step for us.
“And you get to enjoy and feel pleased with committing Joe and Rory the significant send-off.”
Best, who played his game in May for Ulster, will get his cap against Wales – which makes him the restricted player in the history of Ireland – supporting Ronan O’Gara and Brian O’Driscoll.
“It’s huge, isn’t it? And occasionally I think that it gets a little helpless,” Kearney stated on Greatest’s leadership before Ireland’s final World Cup warm-up game.
“A number of those momentous victories we have had as a group have been beneath Rory. He is a leader that is brilliant, he is the glue that brings the team together a whole great deal.
“Again, he is a guy who is training really well and I am sure he’s quite eager to get out there and also show he’s still exceptionally effective at generating big performances, even at his old age.”
Ireland returned to winning ways last weekend later they have been comprehensively beaten by England 57-15 at Twickenham, edging out Wales 22-17 at Cardiff on Saturday.
Six days 24, prior to playing hosts Japan, schmidt’s unwanted face Scotland in their World Cup group stage game September 22.
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