There’s a steel to this Racing side that will have Leinster on edge

Every sports person has experienced those god-awful days when you wish the ground would swallow you up, when you’d prefer to stick you head in the sand or become invisible to all and sundry.

There are times when anonymity works just fine. For Munster’s finest, that’s difficult to find. It could be worse.

Even in their worst moments, such as having to face into the journey home immediately after the shattering semi-final defeat to Racing 92 at the Stade Chaban Delmas recently, the compassion of the large Munster support was there for all to see.