Benson racks up a stylish hat-trick for the remarkable Robbies

It’s been a week of hotshots and superlatives to add to the store of good things in Irish football in 2016.

And, wouldn’t you know it, but when time comes to review the highlights reel at end of year, the common denominator will be a man called Robbie.

There was young master Brady getting the ball rolling in Lille back in June, scoring the header that kept Ireland’s Euros campaign alive in that soul-stirring late win over Italy.