Eamonn Sweeney: This love affair started with a kick

I fell irrevocably in love with the Five Nations Championship on March 4, 1978. In fact, I can almost pinpoint the exact moment. It was during the second half of Ireland's game against Wales in Lansdowne Road - Tony Ward had hoisted a huge Garryowen in the direction of JPR Williams and a few seconds after it landed, I was hooked for good. I suppose I've watched around 300 hours of Ireland in action in the tournament. That's roughly the same amount of time it took me to finish War and Peace. I won't say there haven't been any boring bits in the Five, lately Six Nations, but Leo Tolstoy managed …