Cian Healy on new captain James Ryan: 'I'll follow him into any war'

Healy, 33, could not have been happier that Ireland pack-mate James Ryan was elevated to the captaincy

Cian Healy of Ireland prior to the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship match against France

With 101 Test appearances to his name, Cian Healy has earned the right to pull rank once in a while but Ireland’s longest-serving player does not see it like that. 

The loosehead prop has long accepted he is a follower not a leader, no matter that his new captain is nine years his junior and 72 caps lighter.