A man for all seasons

You’ll have seen the photo by now.

The one of a tearful Amy Huberman cradling her daughter Sadie at the side of the pitch whilst reaching out for her husband at the end of what we all expect to be Brian O’Driscoll’s last game for Ireland at Lansdowne Road.

The man himself has remained enigmatic as to his intentions beyond the summer, but such a touching family portrait seemed to provide a fitting end note and demonstrated again why number 13 means what he does to a nation.