Consistency name of game for Heaslip

Consistency in a world gone mad. That is what Jamie Heaslip craves.

Which is why, as he heads into another campaign orchestrated by head coach and former provincial boss Joe Schmidt, the Leinster forward is perfectly happy to be going through the same old routines as Ireland prepare to begin their Guinness Series against South Africa on Saturday.

Not only that, Heaslip is comforted by the understanding that the approach will not change when the mighty Springboks depart and Test rugby minnows Georgia replace them as Ireland’s next opponents.