Munster ‘started scoring tries left, right and centre’

CASTRES captain Kees Meeuws smiles when asked about the powerful Munster rolling mauls, which resulted in two tries for the home side.

They were a throw-back to his days at NPC sides Otago and Auckland, but the comparison goes back further to teenage years at Kelston Boys’ High, where he first learnt of Munster’s win over All Blacks in 1978.

What he heard then is that they had a ferocious pack and, almost 30 years later, he adds that “not much has changed around here, mate.