Holland braced for intense collision

"It’s good but it can be intimidating and if you’re not expecting it, it’s a very challenging place to go."

No Munster player has made the trek up to Galway as often as Billy Holland and the 34-year-old has been through the mill enough to know that there will be very little Christmas cheer awaiting them at the Sportsground this time round either.

But it’s a fixture Holland has always revelled in since going there in his debut season back in 2007 and with Ultan Dillane and Quinn Roux celebrating an Irish recall this week, he knows things will be cranked up further at a venue that remains a throwback to another era.