Horgan says Munster have more in armoury than sheer power

WHEN you are a Leinster player, matches against Munster - or the build-up anyway - come with certain guarantees attached.

Every time it’s the same depressingly inevitable questions from the media pack; about their opponent’s renowned physicality, their mauling game and the importance of Ronan O’Gara’s boots.

Michael Cheika’s men know too that enquiries as to their own mental fortitude - or supposed lack of it - won’t be long coming. And, last October’s mauling by Declan Kidney’s side in Musgrave Park went a long way to reinforcing old beliefs.