Magners form helps Hurley stay positive
At the heart of their three successive wins over Edinburgh, Dragons and Glasgow was Denis Hurley, a name that resonated with Munster followers around this time last season after the west Cork-born full-back was called up for the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Gloucester, before keeping his place through to the triumphant final against Toulouse.
But a professional rugby player’s career is open to pitfalls and sudden turns in fortune. At the beginning of the season Hurley lost his place to Keith Earls, and at one stage was back playing club rugby with Cork Con. The twists and turns to his season continued when, later in the season, Earls moved to the centre and the versatile Paul Warwick became McGahan’s first-choice full-back.