Jordan Larmour purring again as Leinster tackle Leicester Tigers

“Everyone has seen him plenty of times over the years, so yeah, another great opportunity for Jordo and hopefully it goes well,” says head coach Leo Cullen.

PURRING: Jordan Larmour and James Lowe during a Leinster Rugby squad training session at UCD in Dublin. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile.

Context really is everything. Go through every Irish squad that has been put together for the last seven runnings of the Six Nations and Jordan Larmour’s name will appear in all of them. On the surface of it, that’s surprising.

The Leinster back earned 30 caps in the three-and-a-half years between his debut against Italy early in 2018 and a half-hour earned against Japan in the summer of 2021. He’s been stuck on that since, like a commuter waiting for a bus that never shows.