Robbie Henshaw back on the prowl after Lions and ready to tackle Pumas

Robbie Henshaw grabs possession at Irelands squad training at Carton House. The Leinster centre was one of the bright spots in the Lions’ tour to South Africa. Picture: Dan Sheridan

Not everyone has been washing the British and Irish Lions’ summer tour to South Africa out of their hair.

As sporting occasions go, it was a dud. A soulless ghost of an affair played out in empty stadiums as a country wrestled with a ferocious wave of Covid, the rugby played was all too reflective of the joylessness that enveloped everything and everyone.