Muldoon: We’ve never been stronger

HEINEKEN CUP POOL 3:

Muldoon is now in his 11th season with the province, having played 208 games, and reckons they are going to become a force to be reckoned with because they are developing their own talent. He paid tribute to the work of academy manager Nigel Carolan and his team of coaches who have brought through a conveyor belt of underage talent which helped them start against Leinster with an all-Irish back line — four of them born in Connacht — and an all-Galway back row.

“It’s probably the one thing we’ve been missing over the years compared to the other provinces. We need the majority of our players to be from Connacht, then you dress it up with the Irish-born players and then you bring in the likes of Dan Parks, Nathan White and Craig Clarke and then you’ve got a good side.