Munster chiefs slam Saints clash scheduling

MUNSTER Rugby chiefs are ‘extremely disappointed’ at the scheduling of their crucial Heineken Cup Pool One game against Northampton Saints at Thomond Park for Friday, January 22 (8pm).

Previous Friday night games have led to traffic chaos in Limerick and Munster chief executive Garret Fitzgerald admitted their calls to have this taken into account by tournament organisers fell on deaf ears.

Mr Fitzgerald said: “We contacted ERC at the beginning of the season indicating that we would prefer not to have to play our games on Friday evenings and we had the support of the Gardaí in that request.