Top spot just one big push away

Munster will go into their Heineken Cup pool game at Saracens tomorrow (3pm) having been told they are masters of their own destiny by head coach Rob Penney.

Last Saturday’s required 15-9 victory over the English side at Thomond Park kept the two-time European champions afloat in Pool 1 after the opening-round defeat at Racing Metro put the Reds firmly on the back foot in terms of their quest for a quarter-final spot.

Now all they have to do is go to Watford and win in one of the English Premiership heavyweight’s several backyards. Still waiting to move into their new home in Barnet, Saracens have been itinerants of late, with tomorrow’s game just their third at Vicarage Road this season.