Robbie Henshaw comfortable with a wider brief in the Leinster centre

The perception of him for some time now has been that of a 12 but he has figured far more extensively at outside-centre for his country than his club of late.

COMFORTABLE: Robbie Henshaw is comfortable playing any role with Leinster.  Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

It’s seven years since the panellists sat on RTÉ’s ‘Against The Head’ couch devoted a good chunk of their programme to Robbie Henshaw and the manner in which he was being used by then Ireland coach Joe Schmidt.

Lynne Cantwell agreed that he was being used as a “battering ram” and wondered if his wider skillset could be utilized better. Donal Lenihan felt he might be a victim of circumstance because of the inexperience around him at that point in time.