Stringer primed for vital duel with Peel

PEEL OR Stringer — if you had your choice of scrum-halves in the morning, who would you take?

There are many who reckon that Harry Ellis’s impressive form for England aside, the Welshman is the best scrum-half on these islands, and would be a certainty to start for the Lions were there a tour this year.

There are also those, however, and in Munster especially, who wouldn’t swap the feisty Corkman for anyone. It’s not just his skill levels that have endeared him to Munster (and Ireland) followers, his pin-point rocket pass off left or right, it’s his terrier attitude, his eternal willingness to have a go, to take on the world, challenge any odds. This Friday night in Stradey Park they meet again, Peel and Stringer, Llanelli and Munster. It’s not the first time this season; last time they met, Ireland against Wales in Cardiff, Peter came out on top. A similar result this weekend will do him nicely.