RONAN O'GARA: Someone will always fill your shoes

I hardly noticed. Six months in Paris came and went on New Year’s Day.

Time to take stock, if only there was the time to do it. In the Top 14, it’s a big game every week. Toulon last Saturday. Oyonnax away this. Life moves swiftly, the days gobble each other up. You get engulfed if you don’t breathe easy.

I know the reasons for moving away from Munster was made in the interest of long-term development, but you park that once you’re immersed in this job. You never know what happens the next day in a rugby culture like France.