World Cup success missing link for Jamie Heaslip

He is just seven Ireland caps short of a century and has a list of honours many fellow professional rugby players can only dream about, yet a World Cup success with Ireland remains the missing link between Jamie Heaslip and a career fulfilled.

Three Heineken Cup victories with Leinster, the 2009 Grand Slam and two Six Nations titles since have not sated the 33-year-old No.8’s desire for more silverware.

Rather, with a new IRFU contract signed last week to see him through to after the 2019 World Cup, his appetite is as voracious as ever.