Veteran Noves plots a quiet revolution

PERCEPTIONS can really mess with the head sometimes.

Why is it that some teams are always labelled as “experienced” whilst others with the same age profile are “over the hill”?

The current Munster and Ireland teams may well be beginning a process of necessary rebuilding yet if you listened to some commentators, Munster have been “over the hill” since Paul O’Connell was in knee-high trousers.