Coughlan: Munster facing ‘dogfight’

RABODIRECT PRO12: Munster v Leinster

There is a lot of excitement about this game, not least about the return of Brian O’Driscoll to the Leinster fold and the possibility that he might have to slug out with Paul O’Connell for the Lions captaincy in front of Warren Gatland.

But in a week when sentiment appears to have gone out of the Munster window — Peter Stringer also moved to Bath — Horan could have at least expected to be named on the bench for tonight’s clash at Thomond Park.