Mark Chisholm comes in for special praise from Anthony Foley

He came here to replace the irreplaceable and has done a great job for us.

That was the tribute from his coach, Anthony Foley, to Munster’s Australian second-row recruit Mark Chisholm. He started his Munster career a little slowly for many peoples’ liking and he’ll never be another Paul O’Connell! But Chisholm came good when it counted at Thomond Park, his last ditch line-out steal depriving Ulster of a great chance of a winning try.

“Mark has come in and done an excellent job”, said Foley. “He gets on with the job as well. He’s a seasoned professional. He plays an amount of games on the bounce, he’s durable and a good fella to have in the middle of the pack”.