Munster Rugby announced a deficit of €0.8m at the Branch’s AGM last night, but delegates heard some encouraging news for the province in the form of a restructured repayment plan of its loan from the IRFU for the redevelopment of Thomond Park.

With a name like Ian Fleming, you hardly expect Munster’s Heineken Cup minder to reveal where the trophy sleeps at night. It didn’t stop MICHAEL MOYNIHAN trying, though.