IT’S been great to see such a huge level of investment in Irish railways over the last few years, with much-improved services and better-quality trains.

Scotland. The birthplace of golf, the home of Monty, Sam Torrance, Sandy Lyle, Paul Lawrie, James Braid (more of whom anon) and others. Yes, if you want to talk about golf destinations, it would be pretty odd to omit Scotland.

Scotland forward Jon Petrie is ready to commit the rest of his career to rugby north of the border.