Duffy: we’re up for Munster clash

Connacht captain Gavin Duffy says tonight’s RaboDirect Pro12 home game against Munster has kept his side fully focused and motivated during the Six Nations-enforced lull in provincial action.

Duffy will lead the westerners out in front of a record Sportsground league attendance in Galway tonight (7.45pm), expecting another close encounter with their southerly neighbours following their last visit, back in Christmas 2010.

That game saw Munster squeak home 16-12 as Connacht laid siege to the visitors’ line and though the western province lost 24-9 in Limerick earlier this season, Duffy is relishing another renewal of hostilities in front of more than 6,500 supporters.