Darren Sweetnam: ‘We are a tight-knit squad, competition drives us on’

You may think that Darren Sweetnam could be feeling some pressure as he looks around the Munster training ground and sees the likes of Keith Earls and Simon Zebo limbering up for their first starts of the campaign.

Zebo and Earls are, after all, the senior Munster wings, Ireland stars ready and waiting to be unleashed as Rassie Erasmus transitions his squad towards the big games next month against Leinster, Castres, and Racing 92.

It would give a young wing like Sweetnam just cause for panic with such talent breathing down his neck, but the 24-year-old is happy with his lot after two tries in Munster’s first three games of the Guinness PRO14 campaign, in which he has played every minute.