Guinness Premiership leaders Sale Sharks will provide Munster with the stiffest of opposition at Edgeley Park tomorrow night.

MAKE no mistake, it’s been a bad six months for rugby on this side of the equator.

WITH four Lions in his squad, Sale coach Kingsley Jones is confident the Sharks will end Connacht’s European Challenge Cup odyssey on Sunday - but not as confident as he would have been had Michael Bradley’s side not grabbed a lifeline with a late try in their semi-final first leg.