"Rory Best sat out of training today," said Ireland's skills coach Murphy.
Warburton revealed the team has been using a mental skills coach, Andy McCann, to help it deal with the ever-increasing pressure and media attention.
The Dutchman's previous experience has been as an assistant or as a skills coach – in which capacity he worked with Murphy at Tottenham under Martin Jol.
Among those recruits is the West Indian Rudi Webster — not to play, since he is 72, but as the first mental skills coach for an I.P.L franchise.
The two studied the work of Harvey Dorfman, a sports psychologist and mental skills coach, and over beers, they would discuss different techniques for focusing their thoughts.
And when Farrell thought better of his hasty decision and headed back to Twickenham, Lancaster kept Catt on in the unusual role of "attacking skills coach".
The group includes a physiotherapist, a trainer and David Niethe, a mental skills coach who has worked with Ko for five years.
I go back a long way with Mike Catt, the new attacking skills coach, and I'll be interested to see what he brings to the mix.
Utilising his New Zealand contacts, Lam brought in the skills coach Dave Ellis and backs coach Andre Bell, who have spent considerable time developing the attacking gameplan.
Mike Catt, England's skills coach, is keen to see Jonny May and Jack Nowell running free but suspects patience and discipline will be more vital.
I am sure that when he works with Paul Deacon [Sale's attack and skills coach] he will become the finished article.
