Stringer completes loan move to Bath

Peter Stringer’s career with Munster looks to be over after he signed a short-term loan deal with Bath that could stretch to the end of the season when his current deal with his province runs out.

Stringer has signed an initial seven to eight-week deal with the Premiership club but it is believed the contract will be extended if situations in Munster and Bath remain the same. That would allow Stringer see out his contract with Munster which, under Irish tax laws, allow him claim a proportion of his tax back from 10 years of earnings.

The motive behind the move is believed to be the diminutive scrum-half’s lack of game time this year — but he could make a return to Munster colours if Rob Penney needs the Cork man’s services for the knockout stages of the Heineken Cup.