Munster confident Thomond Park will be ready for Racing visit

Munster Rugby is confident Thomond Park will be ready to stage Saturday’s Champions Cup clash with Racing 92 after the stadium came through Hurricane Ophelia unscathed yesterday.

Munster will welcome the French powerhouse and current Pool 4 leaders to Limerick for a second-round encounter that despite the worst weather event to hit Ireland in more than half a century was declared good to go by stadium director John Cantwell yesterday.

“It was battering down but we took a lot of precautions on Sunday with next weekend in mind.