Ever wonder how much Italy bolsters Ireland's 6 Nations try-scoring ratio?

A game Jordan Larmour will treasure. Tradition dictates that those making their debuts keep that first, prized jersey and one from the opposite ranks and Larmour suspects his parents already have claims on one or both of those from Saturday.

Add in Six Nations bows for Jack Conan, Andrew Porter and Quinn Roux and there were plenty of men entitled to feel that this was a day of note. For the rest of us, though, this was tantamount to a waste of time. In the wider context, it told us next to nothing.

There is much to admire in Conor O’Shea but it was unfortunate that his bilingual dexterity at the post-match press conference was the most impressive effort by anyone in Italian blue. Sergio Parisse, sitting beside him, stared vacantly at the floor for most of it.