Dallaglio: Wasps ready for Munster showdown

LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO believes any side that can win at Thomond Park is deserving of high praise, before adding that the London club will be ready for what awaits them in the Limerick cauldron for a winner-takes-all Pool Five decider against Munster on Saturday.

Wasps coach Shaun Edwards also turned up the heat ahead of the ‘Clash of Champions: Part Two’, saying match referee Nigel Owens can’t allow the Thomond crowd to affect his decision-making in what will surely be one of the noisiest atmospheres in Heineken Cup history.

One English club has already sacked the Limerick fortress and though it probably hurt the long-serving Dallaglio to admit it yesterday, he praised the achievement of Premiership domestic, Leicester Tigers who, last season, became the first side to defeat Munster there in the European Cup.