Their interest in Europe having ended in acute pain against Toulouse last Saturday week, Munster return to the scene of the crime, as it were, in the final game of their regular URC season against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium next Saturday (kick-off 7.15pm) needing a win to secure a home quarter-final at Thomond Park.
With another week’s break to follow as attention turns to the Champions Cup final between Leinster and La Rochelle in Marseilles, Johann van Graan has said Munster will send their strongest available side for Saturday’s game.
“We’ve got to focus only on this game. We’ve got a week off next week so we’re going to put out our best available side. We’ve got to go to Dublin and play against the current champions in the URC. We obviously want to play at Thomond Park in the quarter-final, so we’ve got to go and make sure we perform and hopefully get the points to put ourselves in that position.”
Munster, who currently sit second, can finish anywhere from second to sixth after this weekend’s final full round of matches, and Van Graan is fully aware of the ensuing effect on their play …
- May 18, 2022
