John Muldoon: ‘I got emotional. I thought I was done and then Eric came in, and that set me off again’

There cannot have been many more popular trophy-lifting captains than Connacht’s John Muldoon but the veteran No 8 credited the combined effort of management and squad for taking the province to Guinness PRO12 glory.

Muldoon, 33, was a fitting recipient of the man of the match award after leading his team to victory over regular season table-toppers Leinster at Murrayfield.

Saturday’s final was his 275th appearance for Connacht and he was already well entrenched in the set-up when Pat Lam succeeded Eric Elwood as head coach in 2013.