Patient Williams looks to grab Munster chance

DUNCAN WILLIAMS has suffered more than his share of injuries over the last few seasons but is now ready to challenge all three international scrum-halves for his place on the Munster team.

Having recovered from shoulder and knee ligament operations and from a torn hamstring that kept him sidelined for the bulk of two years in the last four, Williams has learned to be patient.

In his days of anguish, 25-year-old Williams took inspiration from the likes of Fourie du Preez of South Africa, Mike Phillips of Wales and Munster’s own Peter Stringer.