Rob Kearney believes captain Rory Finest is the”glue” that holds Ireland collectively however a farewell for him and head coach Joe Schmidt is not essential against Wales on Saturday.
Greatest, 37, will play his final home match against Wales and will retire from Football after the World Cup in Japan.
Schmidt will also step down after the championship following six years at the helm, in.
Kearney played down the importance of a.
“Obviously it’s important but it is not at the forefront of the thoughts,” he explained.
“Performance is huge for us and even in the event you scale back the operation, it’s putting it into cubes; the initial 10 seconds, the second 10 minutes, etc.
“We actually should ensure we are shooting whatsoever cylinders for this very first week, [of the tournament] so this weekend is a very huge thing for us.
“And then you get to enjoy and feel proud of committing Joe and Rory the big send-off.”
Best, who also played his game in May, will receive his cap against Wales – producing him the third-highest capped player in Ireland’s history – supporting Brian O’Driscoll and Ronan O’Gara.
“It’s huge, isn’t it? And occasionally I think it gets a bit undervalued,” Kearney said on Best’s leadership ahead of Ireland’s final World Cup warm-up match.
“Some of the momentous victories we’ve had as a team have been below Rory. He is a pioneer, he is the glue that brings the group together a whole lot.
“Again, he is a guy who is training well and I’m sure he is very eager to get out there and demonstrate 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 in Twickenham, edging out Wales 22-17 in Cardiff on Saturday.
Six weeks 24, prior to enjoying hosts Japan, schmidt’s unwanted face Scotland in their World Cup group stage game on September 22.
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