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Sat 05 May 2004Inspirational rugby coach whose success went beyond the playing fieldMick DoyleUnlike many former Irish rugby coaches, Mick Doyle, who died this week at the age of 63, maintained a high public profile long after he led Ireland to their famous Triple Crown victory in 1985. After his successful career as a coach with Leinster and Ireland in the 1980s, he became one of the first, if not the first, former-player-coach pundits in print and television.As much for his prowess on the rugby field both as an international wing forward and then national rugby coach, his opinionated but personable style as a critic and analyst in the Evening Herald, Sunday Independent and on RTÉ ensured that his light never dimmed until his premature death in a car accident.