Hear the one about the Kilkenny man who played for Munster? Or even better, about the Kilkenny GAA man who now works with Tipp GAA? Ian Dowling is a walking quiz question, but wherever he turns up, success seems to follow...

IF being on the sidelines has taught Peter Stringer anything, he has learned to ready himself for any occasion and after an opening defeat to London Irish, the Munster scrum-half says his team will be fully prepared for the weekend’s Heineken Cup clash with Toulon.