Backrow battle to determine finely poised decider

By Ian Cusack

Backrow battle to determine finely poised decider
Sat, 19 May, 2012 - 14:15

By Ian Cusack

It could hardly be more finely poised. After the recent dominance of Irish provinces in the Heineken Cup, the first ever all Irish final has finally arrived and who would have thought it wouldn’t feature Munster?

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