Ireland coach Joe Schmidt is recovering well after having his appendix removed in St Vincent's Hospital last night.
Schmidt was struggling with pain all day yesterday as Ireland defeated Australia 26-23 and was taken to hospital after being assessed by the match-day doctors.
Following further assessment at St Vincent's, Schmidt had his appendix removed and is said to be recovering well.
A statement from the IRFU read: “Joe would like to thank the doctors and nurses of St Vincent's Hospital and everyone for their well wishes and kind messages of support.”
Ireland assistant coach Les Kiss said boss Schmidt had "toughed out the day" in typically understated fashion.
"He had some pretty bad stomach pains through the day," said Kiss. "He toughed out the day in true Joe style."
Ireland captain Paul O'Connell said without prior knowledge no one would have realised Schmidt was battling a nasty illness.
"Guys were aware he was sick, he was kind of stand-off-ish, he was worried about passing on anything he had," said O'Connell.
"If you hadn't have been told, I don't think anyone would have known."
Schmidt appeared fine immediately after the game yesterday, telling RTÉ Sport of the tension in the final moments of the match.
"There's a little bit of a sense of deja vu, but it didn't quite look like it did last year. Paul O'Connell led from the front - there were a couple of fantastic tackles in that last set of Australian attacks.
"You're 17-0 up after about 17 minutes, it's still pretty frustrating that you give them an opportunity to get back into the game - and they don't need too many invites."
Schmidt admitted Ireland struggled at times in the first half and said changes had to be made. "They really did come up off the line at us. It was what we expected, but it was pretty hard to control anyway.
"I thought we were passive in the first half. It wasn't what we'd planned. They were quite the opposite. They bullied us in the first half."
When asked if that after another successful year, Ireland "just have to go and win the Six Nations", Schmidt smiled and replied, "I just gotta survive tonight" before walking away.
