Johann van Graan: Munster emotion ‘comes from deep within’

If Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter was under any illusions about the size of the task facing his side at Thomond Park this Saturday, the point was emphatically underlined for him by opposite number Johann van Graan when he emphasised just how important a part emotion plays in Munster’s big-game mindset.

With the two sides set to clash in Limerick this weekend as their Heineken Champions Cup Pool campaign goes down to the wire, Chiefs head coach Baxter spelled out the reasons why only four teams have beaten Munster at Thomond Park in the competition’s 24-season history.