IRISH coach Eddie O’Sullivan will have a far better idea of the well-being of his side after a near full-strength team has played Italy at Ravenhill tonight in the final warm-up for next month’s Rugby World Cup.

Munster 51 Benetton Treviso 0

First things first. I put it to Peter Stringer, were you asking for it just a little bit when Alessandro Troncan threw that haymaker in Rome?