Patient Williams eager to make most of Munster opportunity

When you are playing second fiddle to the Ireland and Lions scrum-half and spending most, if not all, of every match on the bench, life as a professional rugby player can be more than frustrating.

To his credit, Duncan Williams has been making the best of things, working hard on the training ground and impressing more and more with every minute of game time that comes his way.

Indeed, it was his speed of thought and movement that helped him to score the game-breaking try in Munster’s recent one-point win over Ulster. While he still doesn’t know if he will be lining out against Leinster in Friday’s Guinness Pro12 game at Thomond Park, it looks pretty sure the former CBC and Cork Constitution player will start in place of the rested Conor Murray. His promotion comes on the back of a fine performance against Ulster, one that earned him praise from head coach Anthony Foley.