Ghosts of Christmas past leaves Van Graan on red alert

Give a team of Leinster’s quality the kind of start they enjoyed in last year’s corresponding fixture at Thomond Park and the game is as good as over.

Munster head coach Johann van Graan hasn’t forgotten how the visitors ran up 27 points in as many minutes that was never going to be pegged back no matter how gamely the home side battled before going down by 34-24.