Conan: Tadhg Beirne's Croke Park tour de force gives lie to talk of post-Lions slumps

Fifteen of Andy Farrell's touring Ireland squad featured in the recent Lions expedition Down Under. 

ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Jamison Gibson-Park, Jack Conan and James Lowe departing for Chicago this week. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Jack Conan has singled out Tadhg Beirne’s performance in Croke Park last weekend as reason to dismiss any fears of a post-tour hangover among Ireland’s record haul of British and Irish Lions tourists in Australia over the summer.

Fifteen of the Ireland squad that has already arrived in Chicago for the meeting with New Zealand on Saturday week featured in that recent Lions expedition, and that has led to fears that some could struggle to rediscover those heights in the months to come.