Mindfulness session helped Caelan Doris process club defeats 

Defeat to La Rochelle was their second at the hands of the Top 14 outfit in a Heineken Champions Cup final in the space of 12 months

SHOCK: Caelan Doris felt a sense of shock after the defeat to La Rochelle in the Champions Cup for a second year in a row and a mindfulness session with his Dad helped him process it. Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Everyone has their own thing. That pastime or place or person that they can turn to when regular life gets a bit too buzzy and there’s a need to escape from the static and the noise. Call it a refuge or a release, but it serves the same purpose.

Cian Healy has had his art and his knives, Peter O’Mahony his garden. Robbie Henshaw leans into his music and Tadhg Furlong savours the chance to go back to Wexford where he can feel a different type of grass under his feet and smell the country air.