Is there one last push left in Munster?

Munster 17 Ulster 19

Losing to a second-string, albeit hugely-committed and adept Ulster side in your own backyard at Thomond Park was bad enough, regardless of conditions. It meant back-to-back league defeats in their Limerick stronghold for the first time in four years and saw the red flag lowered home and away by Ulster in a season for the first time since 2008/09.

Worse still was the manner of Munster’s defeat in the final league outing of the campaign and just six days before an extremely difficult trip to Scotstoun, where in-form and free-scoring Glasgow lie in wait for Friday night’s RaboDirect Pro12 semi-final.