Reluctant hero

IT’S not easy being a hero in Munster, especially when there’s still work to be done. As Peter Stringer attempts to concentrate on his latest date with destiny, Saturday’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Toulouse, he finds himself busy shaking hands with well-wishers offering congratulations to him and his team-mates on their victory over Leicester 10 days ago.

Delighted though he is to be the beneficiary of such goodwill, the professional rugby player in him had left his try-scoring, Tiger-bashing Welford Road experience behind him in the English east midlands.

The only thing on the scrum-half's mind right now is the game ahead.