Leinster’s Sean wins battle of brothers

It is one thing to win an interprovincial derby, but Leinster’s Sean Cronin had another reason to be satisfied with his night’s work at Thomond Park after getting bragging rights over his brother.

Born six years apart, hooker Sean had never come face to face with younger sibling and Munster scrum-half Neil Cronin on a rugby pitch before Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 clash in their hometown of Limerick.