Men in red show how to get job done after Aussie heroics

AFROS and handlebars on Tuesday, side-creases and smooth chins on Sunday.

After the romance of last week’s win over Australia in Thomond Park, last night’s Magners League outing for Munster against the Scarlets at Musgrave Park had an air of back to business, with business the operative term.

In the professional era, the event flash of beating Australia didn’t appear to last much longer than the froth on your more reasonably-priced bubbly. It was interesting over the weekend to read James Coughlan’s description of his Tuesday night – the man who led Munster to that win was tucked up and safe in the land of nod by 1am, enjoying the sleep of the just, or the just-victorious, at any rate.