This Ireland team - and three people who stepped off the Aviva pitch the last time today- have given their communities, their country, and all of us some huge joy, in recent seasons, and all through this Six Nations.
Rugby is something that - along with two
#HomeToVote referendums, and serving as a board member at
@IrishinBritain - defined my links to home, as an Irish citizen living in London. Settled back in Dublin, I've fitted out two small children in green jerseys. (One now asking why there's water in my eyes.)
I have been so proud of all the members of this team, however the score ends at 80 minutes. Go raibh maith agaibh, lads. You will always be the team of us.