Oh 2017 thank God you’re here, says Suzanne Harrington. 

When Willie Joe Padden was interviewed before the All-Ireland final in 1989, he revealed he would die a happy man if Mayo won the decider against Cork.

LOGIC suggests a mountain climbed should no longer be quite so daunting, but try telling that to the three Irish provinces who will have it all to do to emulate past glories in the Heineken Cup this season.