Munster’s Mr Reliable answering the call

IN different circumstances, the groin injury that has kept Paul O’Connell out of action for the past month and seriously threatens his participation in next week’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Biarritz might well have been calamitous for Munster’s prospects both in Europe and in the Magners League.

Munster’s Mr Reliable answering the call

The captain’s presence has been vital to the team’s cause and many believed Munster would be no-hopers without him. However, that’s where Mick O’Driscoll comes into the equation.

While it would be silly to suggest O’Connell hasn’t been missed over the last few weeks, O’Driscoll has responded to the call so well that the Munster pack was at its mighty best in the quarter-final Heineken defeat of Northampton and again when beating Connacht in the Magners League in Galway with a shadow team.

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