Dan Sheehan settles right back in after lengthy absence

JOY: Ireland’s Dan Sheehan celebrates after winning with Mack Hansen. Pic: INPHO/Dave Winter

Put yourself in Dan Sheehan’s shoes on Saturday night, not long after ten o’clock local time.

The Leinster hooker hadn’t played for five weeks because of the foot injury suffered in the warm-up game against England in Dublin. South Africa had just taken the lead through Cheslin Kolbe’s try and the world champions were building an ominous dominance.