Penney expecting ‘a real cauldron’

Rob Penney has dismissed the relevance of Munster’s victory in Glasgow earlier this season as they prepare for Friday night’s RaboDirect Pro12 semi-final but has warned his players to expect a "cauldron" at Scotstoun.

Glasgow’s open-ended home ground in the western suburbs of the Scottish city, with a running track around the pitch, can rarely have been described in such colourful terms but Munster’s 13-6 regular season victory there, engineered by a brilliant solo try from JJ Hanrahan in late October, ended in controversy, with Munster’s Donncha O’Callaghan claiming he was bitten by an opponent and tempers flaring at the full-time whistle as the players returned to their dressing rooms.

Penney said there was little to be learned from the performance in the return fixture in Limerick last month.