Munster fires still burning brightly for Marcus Horan

It doesn’t take Marcus Horan long to highlight the most notable contrasts between his playing days and the current crop of men proudly wearing the red of Munster.

“The difference with what we went through and what the lads are going through now is the expectation”, he admits.

“We used to get messages before those games going, ‘ye have given us a great year’ and they were nearly saying, no matter what happens today we don’t mind ...