Robbie Henshaw reaps rewards of blocking ‘outside noise’

'You don’t need to stand out in every game, you just need to be consistent and do your job for the team. And then the rest will look after itself'

Robbie Henshaw announcing the nominees for the Zurich Men’s Players’ Player of the Year Award and the Zurich Women’s Players’ Player of the Year Award. Picture: Tommy Dickson/Inpho

Robbie Henshaw paid tribute to the leadership of fellow nominees as he announced the shortlist for the 2021 Zurich Men’s Players’ Player of the Year Award but it is his own level of consistency and injury-free run of games that he believes have made the difference for him this season.

It is a consistently high level of performance for Leinster and Ireland that earned Henshaw a call-up for the British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa this summer and his nomination for the Rugby Players Ireland annual award alongside Connacht’s Tom Daly and fellow tourists Tadhg Beirne of Munster and Ulster’s Iain Henderson.