Van Graan: I’m proud of how our players behaved against Castres

Having had 48 hours to think over the ramifications of Saturday’s feisty, often dirty, European Champions Cup game at Castres, Munster head coach Johann van Graan was yesterday still adopting a straight-bat approach as to whether or not some members of the French side should have been facing disciplinary action.

And as of EPCR rule, there was every indication up to the cut-off mark of 7.30pm last night that several examples of foul play on the part of Castres team members would go unpunished. None were cited although the rules still allow that “this deadline may be extended in certain circumstances. EPCR may refer the complaint to a citing officer to determine whether it should proceed. The case will then proceed to a disciplinary hearing”.