Writing Reds off — haven’t we learned?

ON paper at least it was a familiar proposition.

Final game in the Heineken Cup pool stage. Victory required at home. Bonus point essential.

Munster have stared down the barrel of that particular gun before. Though the party-line in the run-up to Sunday’s game against Racing Metro was the importance of getting the win before hunting bonus points, Jason Holland says the bigger picture is never far from players’ minds.