200 not out for resilient Stringer

IN the midst of Munster’s less than perfect preparations for tomorrow night’s Magners League clash with Ulster at Ravenhill, it hasn’t gone unnoticed one man could well take centre-stage.

Peter Stringer may be the smallest player on the pitch, but he won’t be the least obvious as he sets out to win his 200th cap for the province he has served with distinction for more than a decade.

Having been released temporarily from the national squad to injury-hit Munster, Stringer will undoubtedly play more than a bit-part in this important fixture for the league leaders, a fixture that has remarkable meaning from his point of view in that he made his Munster debut against Ulster and also won his 100th cap against them a few seasons ago.