Duncan Casey: Getting their scrum right will be crucial factor in Munster’s Cape crusade
Munster are a match for the Cape Town side on both sides of the ball. Their success in this final will be dictated by how well they manage the Stormers set piece.
Ronan Keating’s lyrics don’t find their way onto the sports pages that often, but his debut solo effort, ‘Life is a Rollercoaster’ - number one in seven countries, by the way - would make a good backing track to a montage of the Irish provinces’ fortunes this season.
It’s rare that a season is linear for any side, but the topsy-turvy levels have been particularly high for all four teams over the last nine months. Connacht gave a typically valiant showing, inconsistency in key matches killing them and ultimately seeing them fall short of qualifying for next year’s Champions Cup.
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