Ulster ace Iain Henderson frustrated by World Cup subplots

Ulster’s Iain Henderson insists that individual battles for World Cup places will be the last thing on his mind when he confronts Peter O’Mahony and Munster in the mutually crucial Guinness PRO12 clash at Kingspan Stadium tomorrow afternoon.

Both provinces require the win to further their ambitions of clinching a vital home berth for the upcoming play-offs, with second-placed Munster lying just one point and one rung of the league ladder above an Ulster side unbeaten at home this season.

Euro seedings for next season will also be affected by tomorrow’s result, but Henderson has clearly had enough of the questions about subplots at this stage, chief of which is the head-to-head between himself and O’Mahony for that blindside spot in Joe Schmidt’s affections.