Sitting pretty

Jamie Heaslip just couldn’t resist.

When the Ireland captain sat down beside Paddy Jackson at yesterday’s first press briefing he made a play of grabbing the young Ulsterman’s hand, like a protective father chaperoning his first-born to his first day in school.

And the out-half barely had time to soak in the dozen or more expectant faces staring in his direction before Heaslip added that this was simply the first of three rooms full of media he would have to negotiate.