Time to put things right

AS far as Mike Mullins, Munster’s quicksilver second centre and his teammates are concerned, tomorrow’s Celtic League final at the Millennium Stadium (2.45pm) is all about one thing – picking up the silverware that has eluded them through five glorious but hugely frustrating seasons.

The New Zealand-born Irish man his teammate Paul O'Connell jokes that Mullins has won fourteen caps for his father's country and none for the All Blacks has worn the red of Munster since 1999 but apart from three runners-up medals, has nothing tangible to show for some memorable and magnificent sporting occasions. The time has surely arrived to put things right.

"At the start of the season, we set out to win the Celtic League and I'm sure the other provinces wanted to do so as well", says Mullins.