Bealham: 'Getting 50 is something that I'm truly honoured to do'

Connacht prop is happy for O'Mahony, Murray and Healy to take the limelight this weekend as he shares a milestone of his own with Caelan Doris and Jack Conan.

CAP NUMBER FIFTY: Finlay Bealham will earn his 50th cap for Ireland alongside Caelan Doris and Jack Conan against France this weekend. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Every journey is different. Caelan Doris, Jack Conan and Finlay Bealham will all earn their 50th Test caps against France this Saturday. How they all made it to that common point on the very same afternoon could have hardly been more different.

Doris’s route, even with his origins in rural Mayo, has been the straightest. When the captain sat out the Six Nations tie away to Wales in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium two weekends ago it brought to an end a run of 42 consecutive games in green.