Varley: Munster is our only focus

Forget the Six Nations and settling selection grudges, Saturday night’s clash between Leinster and Munster is all about league points at the top of the RaboDirect Pro12, insists Damien Varley.

The Munster hooker believes his provincial team-mates will not be interested in proving individual points against their rivals for jerseys in Joe Schmidt’s Ireland set-up, despite barstool and chatroom talk of a pro-Leinster bias during the RBS 6 Nations title campaign.

Asked if Munster’s mere three-man contingent in the Ireland 23 which beat France to win the championship would have any bearing on this weekend’s clash, Varley dismissed the notion and said the primary objective for Rob Penney’s side is to rub out Leinster’s two-point advantage at the top of the league and get the ideal tune-up for the following weekend’s home Heineken Cup quarter-final against Toulouse.