I wanted to commit the next three years to La Rochelle, because we are just getting started with this project.

How you use your players, how and when you want them to peak is the most important thing you can do as a coach

I don’t see being in a European Cup quarter-final as a big deal. It does my head in to see high-fiving in the streets and the notion that we will get there ‘eventually’. I want to win things now, not eventually

As an ex-player, you’d be worried about the club now, and whether they are losing their identity. What do Munster stand for now?

What are the chances now of Earls going back to South Africa with the Lions a full 12 years after the 2009 tour there?

There’s a barn of back-row talent coming through in Leinster and Munster but in true Irish fashion, CJ Stander’s ability to smash holes and set tones will only be properly appreciated when he is gone

Sport without crowds has bucked the trend, but it is something one expects to see reversed once spectators return.

In nominating Joey Carbery’s touchline add-on as my moment of the weekend, I’ve also got to get a grip and ask why.

Dan would have been a Munster legend had he ever joined the province like his compatriot Dougie Howlett

Ireland is looking for someone to back up Murray at nine. The 10 issue is a perfect reverse: we should be wondering who Sexton is backing up and mentoring as a third choice.