All roll up for Eddie v Gatland

AND so the stage has been set perfectly for the Eddie and Warren show!

Croke Park was almost funereal for Ireland’s first game of the season against Italy and wasn’t exactly jumping for the visit of Scotland but when Warren Gatland’s unbeaten Wales arrive on Saturday week to face Eddie O’Sullivan’s improving Irish outfit, the place will be absolutely heaving.

People the world over love a sense of tension between two major public figures. They will have that ingredient in abundance on this occasion.