Thomond Park jury still out as Jutge returns to lay down law

NEIL BACK will always be the villain of the piece in Munster for his cheating in the 2002 Heineken European Cup final at the Millennium Stadium.

Very much the same applies to Tana Umaga and Keven Mealaumu for the spear tackle that put paid to Brian O’Driscoll’s Lions Tour last summer. The common denominator is Joel Jutge, the French referee who failed to see either incident.

Amazingly Jutge has escaped almost scot-free and his name is rarely if ever mentioned when the two happenings are discussed.