Back: no backlash for the ‘hand of God’

NEIL BACK insists he is not expecting a backlash from Munster supporters on Sunday following the Hand of God incident in last year’s Heineken Cup final.

PAYBACK at Welford Road could be a working title for a novel, but Munster coach Alan Gaffney saw it coming yesterday like the punchline from a poor joke.

“No and no,” responded Gaffney to queries about possible Munster hang-ups on the venue for Sunday’s Heineken Cup quarter final and the infamous ‘Backhander’ episode which soured last year’s final in Cardiff.