It’s two summers since Richie Power won the last of his eight All-Irelands with Kilkenny. Four months have fallen from the calendar since he claimed that All-Ireland Intermediate medal with Carrickshock, but the din and roar of a Croke Park chorus is still ringing in his ears.

Leo Cullen has shrugged off the much vaunted new World Rugby laws relating to head contact, by suggesting nothing has changed with regard to how he’ll coach his team.