Hines gives Munster seal of approval

IT was hardly surprising that most of the kudos was heaped on Leinster after the weekend’s thrilling Heineken Cup action.

But Perpignan forward Nathan Hines is adamant that Munster must not be discounted in the battle for European silverware.

The Scottish lock had just been through a game as physical as any experienced in the French league when he shuffled in to try and explain to the English-speaking press just where the game had been won and lost.