Healey wary of Munster might

LEICESTER star Austin Healey believes Munster will be a much more potent threat this season than when the sides last met in Heineken Cup final.

Healey was one of the try scorers when the Tigers retained the Heineken Cup by defeating Munster in controversial circumstances, 15-9, at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff last May. Now the two sides will meet again in this season’s quarter-final, at Leicester’s Welford Road ground on Sunday, April 13.

Healey, currently sidelined with an Achilles heel injury which will keep him sidelined for another five weeks, said: “I’m never surprised by what Munster do. I always imagined they would reach the quarter-finals although I must admit what they did to Gloucester was something special. Having not been playing I wasn’t really paying attention, so what really surprised me was the fact that Perpignan made it through.