Ronan O'Gara: Five fresh flowers in Ireland's garden — eighteen months to find five more

I play this game. The normal disaster scenario is an outbreak of food poisoning a week before the World Cup quarter final. Ireland need to find 10 newish or breakthrough additions to their planning spreadsheet. They're halfway there

EXCLAMATION POINT: Jamie Osborne goes over for an Ireland try at Twickenham last Saturday. The Leinster Lion could play for the Boks, France or the All Blacks with his physicality, believes Ronan O'Gara. Pic: Inpho

IT'S all context. Are we viewing the stunning Ireland performance and win in Twickenham as a one-off and part of the Six Nations championship? Or critiquing through the prism of the 2027 Rugby World Cup?

There are obvious and well-ventilated concerns concerning age profile for the latter, but let’s keep things in the positive column for a bit.