Learning curve for patient Donncha

MUNSTER lock Donncha O’Callaghan insists that the province can overcome the loss of Christian Cullen and progress to the last four of the Heineken Cup.

In the same way as Ireland must put injuries to Gordon D’Arcy and Shane Horgan behind them tomorrow at Lansdowne Road, O’Callaghan believes Cullen’s absence is one more obstacle Munster will have to deal with if they want to get their hands on Europe’s top prize.

“We have had our backs to the wall for years. People have written us off before, people have said that we couldn’t do this, couldn’t do that, but we went and did it.