Howlett: ideal cure for RWC hangover

TONIGHT’S RaboDirect Pro12 clash between Irish heavyweights Leinster and Munster at the Aviva Stadium hardly needed a publicity spin to sell it to the rugby public.

If it did, a central figure like Doug Howlett would have been happy to oblige.

As ticket sales creep ever closer to a 51,500 sell out, Howlett promised the match would live up to its billing as another significant battle in the ongoing war for Irish domestic bragging rights.