Flannery: We’re now legitimate targets

PAIN, accepts Jerry Flannery, goes hand in hand with ambition, but the Munster hooker doesn’t want a repeat of the hurt inflicted on the province by both Connacht and Ulster in recent weeks.

He and his colleagues were clearly relieved at getting a Heineken Cup boost for tonight’s crucial Pool 1 clash with Sale Sharks in the form of a Magners League victory in Wales last weekend.

Knowing that the quality of Munster’s season hinges on the outcome of two matches in the next eight days, Flannery hopes victory over the Ospreys was a sign of better things to come.