Stuart McCloskey: 'You'll look at those pictures in 20-odd years and it will be pretty cool' 

It's been a whirlwind few weeks for McCloskey who flew home to attend the birth of a baby boy, Kasper, less than two weeks ago.

Ireland’s Stuart McCloskey with his newborn baby after the win over Scotland

Stuart McCloskey is a patient man. There was a 19-month wait for a second Test cap. The dribble of just four appearances in the four-and-a-half years after his debut against England in Twickenham in 2018. And the six-week gap between his run against Samoa in Bayonne in late August and his first World Cup appearance, against Scotland, on Saturday night.

That last one might have felt the longest.