Munster ‘would love’ visit to Déise

MUNSTER chief executive Garret Fitzgerald yesterday admitted the prospects of a Magners League or Heineken Cup game being played outside Cork and Limerick were poor in the short term, but added that playing a friendly or pre-season game somewhere like Waterford was something Munster “would love to do if we could”.

The appearance of Declan Kidney and the Heineken Cup at the launch of the redeveloped Regional Sports Centre in Waterford last week led to speculation in the southeast that the European champions may play a game there in the near future.

But yesterday Fitzgerald outlined the obstacles in the way of any such proposal.