O’Driscoll immense as Munster go top again

THE HEAVENS rained down on Rodney Parade and this Magners League dogfight, but the Newport Gwent Dragons failed to rain on Munster’s quest for a unique League and Heineken Cup double.

In a win that puts Munster back atop the table, leap frogging Leinster, the tale of this one is quickly told.

With captain Mick O’Driscoll leading by example with a man-of-the-match performance in the second-row, the hard-working Munster pack held their own in the tight and in the loose, a dodgy lineout performance the only real blip; the half-back partnership of Peter and Paul, Stringer and Warwick, controlled matters from the base of ruck, maul and scrum; the backs indulged themselves in several impressive passages of pretty passing, greasy ball and all, winger Ciarán O’Boyle’s first-half try probably the epitome of that.