Reddan: Intensity levels never change

So, no championship title. Certainly no Grand Slam and the diluted Triple Crown is already sitting pretty in a trophy cabinet somewhere in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

Ho hum.

Any other competition and Ireland’s remaining games would be approached with public protestations of full-on intensity and pumped-up desire, all undermined by an unmistakable ennui and desire to just put it all to bed.