The sky won't fall in if Ronan O'Gara goes to Leinster as provincial lines are being blurred 

We have come a long, long way when someone like Peter O’Mahony, another Munster legend, can ponder the possibility in unemotional tones.

Ronan O'Gara, La Rochelle head coach. Pic: Xavier Leoty, AFP via Getty Images

Ambitions and reality don’t always coalesce. David Humphreys was very much of the view that players born in a province should play for that province when he took on the role as the IRFU’s performance director just over two years ago.

The realpolitik persuaded him otherwise.