Stairway to heaven

Munster scrum half Peter Stringer is faced with a new challenge today in the shape of Gregory Mahe — but his level-headed attitude will help him cope, reports Barry Coughlan.

BY seven o'clock tonight, Peter Stringer may be toasting another Heineken Cup scalp at Thomond Park but the intoxication of success is the only thing he'll be getting dizzy on.

Stringer is one of the new breed who contradict the notion that rugby players are beer swilling, overgrown school-children who engage in raucous after-match parties.