Keith Earls says life is more "chilled" under new Ireland head-coach Andy Farrell and the Munster winger feels a more relaxed approach has helped create an open environment in camp.
Ireland have won their first two games in this season's Guinness Six Nations and sit joint-top of the Championship table ahead of their clash with England at Twickenham on Sunday week and Earls says the players are enjoying the new setup.
"If you were laughing you weren't switched on or you weren't concentrating or you weren't being professional," the Lion said at the team's training camp this week when discussing previous coaching teams at Munster and Ireland.
"But I think in the last week before we did the captain's run then we didn't meet again until we were getting on the bus going to the game.
"Usually you'd have a couple of meetings beforehand and you might have a meeting at ten in the morning and the anxiety starts coming in from there, whereas it's completely chilled.
"We are trying to enjoy ourselves, but once you walk out in the four lines you have to be switched on.
"It's being able to switch on for the hour or so rather than wasting energy all morning or two days or a day out, wasting energy on thinking about plays or stuff like that. It's definitely a lot more relaxed in Munster and Ireland as well."
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