Plenty at stake for men of Munster

Munster boss Tony McGahan may have conceded first place in the RaboDirect Pro12 table to Leinster, but that does not mean there is nothing at stake for his team in tonight’s inter-provincial clash at Thomond Park.

Eight points adrift of the European champions with four games to go may be a deficit deemed too large to scrape back but the three-point gap that separates second-placed Munster from third-placed Ospreys is chief among McGahan’s concerns as his province seeks to secure a home semi-final berth.

“We are always looking to chase first place but I think where we’re at, we are just really concentrating on ourselves and we know if we keep producing results like we did against Connacht last week, that we’re three points ahead of Ospreys and if we can control what we do, we’ll end up in second place,” McGahan said.