Life beyond the famous five

HEINEKEN CUP POOL ONE:

It says a lot about a man and the impact he has made when his first name, or his nickname, can appear in print in such splendid isolation and a reader doesn’t have to flick through their internal Filofax.

All five of those listed above will be more conspicuous today by their absence rather than their titles, however, as Leinster begin their latest Heineken Cup campaign against the Ospreys in Wales, without five of their most iconic of players and leaders.