Another epic on the cards?

THE big games just keep rolling along at this time of year and if Paul O’Connell has done his homework on Castres correctly, there will be no let-up in Toulouse tomorrow after back-to-back battles.

Fresh from their Heineken Cup great escape against Northampton at Thomond Park last weekend and two weeks on from a typically bruising RaboDirect Pro12 encounter with Leinster, Munster take their European pool campaign to southern France where the captain believes the intense physicality will continue apace.

“A big side, big pack, tough pack,” O’Connell said of Castres, having reviewed their 31-23 Pool 1 defeat at Scarlets last weekend.