Provinces find themselves at crossroads on and off the rugby pitch

It is hard to avoid the sense that Ireland’s rugby provinces now find themselves at a crossroads, suggests Brendan O'Brien. 

Neither Anthony Foley nor Tommy O’Donnell were going to be hostages to fortune late on Saturday night.

Job done on the field, the Munster coach and flanker navigated their way through post-match media duties on-message. Foley banged on about Scarlets next weekend, O’Donnell cautioned that no trophies were handed out in October.