Schmidt's embarrassment of riches in what has been a very special time

When dawn broke in Cape Town on the morning of June 12 it was welcomed by an Ireland squad, tired and perhaps a little emotional at the events of the previous day, occupying a whole new space. Not only was this the first-ever win on South African soil, it was the first time since Australia in 1979 that an Ireland side had gone south of the equator against one of the big three in world rugby and got off to a flyer.