Donal Lenihan: Why the future looks bright for Munster in 2021

In normal circumstances we would be reviewing the Champions Cup semi-finals this Wednesday but with the quarter-finals postponed a few weeks ago, Leinster and Ulster are still scratching their heads as to whether their fixtures against Saracens and Toulouse will ever take place.

Munster have no such concerns having failed to emerge from a challenging pool alongside Saracens, Racing 92 and Ospreys. As a consequence there is no point in Johann van Graan looking in the rearview mirror.