Like Damian de Allende, Niall Scannell has played in each of the five meetings with Leinster since the start of the pandemic, in other words without fans. In fact, the only Munster-Leinster game Scannell has missed of the last 16 meetings dating back to his first in Christmas 2015 was when rested for a festive derby at home in 2019, meaning this will be his first in front of a Thomond Park crowd since the win in December 2018.
Tonight it will be how it used to be. Hence, when it was announced that de Allende was leaving this week, Scannell felt more than a twinge of …
- April 2, 2022
