Foley confident of Munster cup progress

MUNSTER A coach Anthony Foley hopes an early season home defeat to Llanelli doesn’t come back to haunt his side as they seek to wrap up a place in the semi-finals of the British and Irish Cup against Bristol at the Memorial Ground tonight (7.45pm).

Foley is well aware that Munster could now be in the comfort zone had they not managed to implode in Waterford back in October, but he is still confident enough that his side will qualify.

A measure of how seriously Bristol are taking this clash, however, can be gauged by the fact that coach Paul Hull kept his first-string side back from an English league clash with Rotherham Titans on Saturday and they have their best team on view against Munster.