Irish Examiner view: Cruel twist of fate for injury-hit Munster

Irish sports fans, and Munster rugby fans in particular, might move their impression of 2020 a notch further up that scale after last weekend.

RG Snyman of Munster leaves the pitch after picking up an injury during the Guinness PRO14 Round 14 match between Leinster and Munster at the Aviva Stadium. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

It’s almost 30 years since Britain’s Queen Elizabeth gave her annus horribilis speech, describing the impact the collapse of three family marriages, a devastating fire at Windsor Castle and, for good measure, a pool-side toe-sucking scandal involving Sarah Ferguson.

In that speech, she showed everyone is susceptible to the slings and arrows of life so it would be interesting to hear how she might rate 2020 on the annus horribilis scale.