Muldoon desperate for derby victory

There are likely to be only two players involved at the Sportsground on Saturday who know what it is like to help Connacht defeat Munster in a professional rugby game.

One of them will be John Muldoon, who played a key role when Connacht scored their only win over Munster in the professional era when they ousted them 12-6 in December 2008.

The other is Ian Keatley, who kicked all the points for Connacht that day and who, of course, is the one player Munster can’t afford to get injured this weekend given their out-half crisis.