Ross Byrne knows by now that nothing can be gained by getting excited ahead of Ireland's Six Nations squad selection.
Everyone could see what it meant to Byrne, 27, to kick the winning penalty against Australia last November.
Emotion spilled out of the Leinster no 10 as he emerged as the hero of a game that he had no prospect of playing in until Joey Carbery got injured against Fiji and Johnny Sexton pulled up in the warm-up before the Wallabies game.
