THE BIG INTERVIEW: You never stop mourning. But we set a target each week

Given the trauma of last October in Paris, nobody thought this would turn into a season Munster Rugby doesn’t want to end. Out of tragedy came a more resolute set-up, led by chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald. Today, they can lift their first silverware in six years and continue the red renaissance, writes Simon Lewis

Given the trauma of last October in Paris, nobody thought this would turn into a season Munster Rugby doesn’t want to end. Out of tragedy came a more resolute set-up, led by chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald. Today, they can lift their first silverware in six years and continue the red renaissance

There can be no hiding place when you are at the top of any business and Munster Rugby is no exception. For all the romantic notions attached to rugby in the province, and let’s face it, no-one does romance better, there is still a bottom line on which chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald must sign off. Regardless of circumstances.