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Just 12 hours earlier, her mum had been joking on the red carpet about going into labour while her dad was on the pitch.

But even at the tenderest of ages — born two weeks premature — Amy Huberman and Brian O’Driscoll’s daughter obviously realised the vital importance of her father to the Irish rugby cause.

Therefore the little girl, rumoured to be called Sadie, made her debut appearance at 10.30am, a full four-and-a-half hours ahead of what could be her dad’s final match against old adversaries England.