Back where he belongs

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No question, but the majority in a near-capacity attendance of 42,356 approved of Roy Keane’s return, their acclamation rendering inaudible the early cries of disapproval.

Lansdowne Road was agog in anticipation and for a brief period during the warm-up it had an element of pantomime as both groups vied for superiority. But once the stadium was full it was no contest. Keane was back and all was right with the world.