McCall flying up coaching ladder

Never mind which Irish province will win the Heineken Cup, which of the three Irish coaches still involved in the tournament has the best chance of guiding his side to European glory?

Everyone knows Leinster, Munster and Ulster have reached the last eight together for the first time in the tournament’s history and have now won the title five times between them.

But of those five wins, only three have come with Irish coaches at the helm – Harry Williams with Ulster in 1999 and Declan Kidney with Munster in 2006 and 2008 – and there is only one Irish coach left in the mix in Ireland.