Munster ready to do their talking on the pitch

Two weeks of talking a good game have done little for Munster’s performance levels so what better moment than a big European night at Thomond Park for stand-in captain CJ Stander to demand his team start to match words with deeds.

Old foes Leicester come to Limerick on Saturday night for a Champions Cup Pool 4 fixture that recalls the heady Heineken Cup campaigns of the noughties for both clubs.

It is the Tigers, though, that are currently showing all the signs of recapturing the glory years having secured bonus-point wins over French champions Stade Francais and Italians Treviso in the opening rounds to back up promising early-season form in the English Premiership.