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O'Sullivan set for USA consultancy role

August 06 2008

Former Ireland boss Eddie O'Sullivan has agreed a short-term contract in America to work with a number of elite colleges as a consultant.

O'Sullivan will assist several US schools and will also run coaching clinics at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and Middle Tennessee State University.

Other jobs will include overseeing an age-grade coaching clinic in Rice College, in Houston, Texas and running sessions at some of America's leading Super League teams, including the Chicago Griffins, Denver Barbarians and current champions New York Athletic Club.

He will leave for the States next Thursday according to The Irish Times, and, following his six-week tenure abroad, he will return to coach the International Selection XV in the Help for Heroes charity match at Twickenham on September 20.

It has also been confirmed that once O'Sullivan has completed working with the likes of Jonah Lomu and Scott Gibbs at HQ, there are no immediate prospects of renewing his coaching career on a full-time basis.

"There was absolutely no truth in the speculation linking Eddie with the Ospreys," said the Irishman's agent, speaking to the newspaper.