Christian Brothers College, Cork 2-22 St Colman’s College, Fermoy 2-16

UCC take on Cork Constitution this evening (Mardyke, 8pm) in a game with a fair backstory.

As statements of intents go, it’s quite a mouthful.

However quickly Johann van Graan’s Munster players find their groove in tonight’s pre-season bow against Declan Kidney’s London Irish, the surface beneath them will take a while longer.

An Irish teenager with the ‘Wright stuff’ has signed for Aston Villa.