Archer maintains a driving ambition

Stephen Archer recently signed a three-year renewal of his Munster contract.

Around the same time, he was called up to the national camp at Carton House. His career was going just the way he would have wanted.

Powerfully built for a tight head prop at 6 ft 2 and weighing in at two pounds under 19st, the genial Cork man had good reason to believe big things were just around the corner.