David’s ready for Goliath

IN terms of team make-up, of personnel, you could hardly get a greater contrast in this year’s Heineken Cup than Munster and Clermont Auvergne, who meet in round two in Thomond Park tomorrow.

Munster have traditionally been mostly home-based Munster men from either Tipperary, Cork, Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Kilkenny — I’m including it for rugby purposes, since, in my experience, most of the rural counties in Leinster support their southern neighbours, probably to do with the sleeves-rolled-up image.

Clermont, in stark contrast, are like the rugby All-Stars.