Robbie’s too Keane for 50

WITH end of season blues and the fear that the vitriol of some idiots would mar the occasion, it was never going to be a regular Lansdowne Road night.

Ordinarily there would be considerable pomp and recognition for a 23-year-old playing his 50th match for his country. Fat chance last night.

The significance of Roy Keane’s return ensured that the half-century for his namesake Robbie was relegated to the role of subplot. Roy Keane was not 10 minutes back in a green shirt before he was cajoling and lecturing. Same as it ever was. Keane is determined to become the heartbeat of Brian Kerr’s developing tyros.