Flannery happy to weather the storm

JERRY FLANNERY isn’t one to run away from a challenge, but he felt like doing so at Stradey Park after 50 minutes of last week’s Heineken Cup clash with the Scarlets.

The monsoon-like conditions threatened to make the Heineken Cup points less of a priority than player safety at one point. Referee Wayne Barnes was within minutes of postponing the game.

“Everyone will remember certain games, and I can look back to particularly horrendous weather against Connacht in the Sportsground in Galway a couple of years ago.