Derby ideal farewell for Penney

Rob Penney will say his goodbyes to Thomond Park tonight and one does not need to read between the lines to suggest a derby dust-up would be the Munster head coach’s preferred curtain call.

Derby ideal farewell for Penney

With only away fixtures looming in the RaboDirect Pro12 play-offs, this evening’s final regular season encounter against Ulster will mark ~Penney’s last home game before departing to Japan

“It will be sad but there is still some rugby to be played,” Penney said, the New Zealander instead relishing what promises to be another interprovincial ding-dong, even if both sides are already in the semi-finals.

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