Prop who takes no bull

JOHN HAYES has been central to an unusually substantial collection of Munster victories in France.

Few supporters of the province will ever forget his great try against Toulouse in Bordeaux in the 2000 quarter-final of the Heineken Cup.

However, if you fear that the wins over Colomiers, Toulouse, Stade Francais and Castres, will give Hayes and his team-mates a false sense of complacency entering this afternoon’s all-important clash with Perpignan, fear not.