Earls: People need to stop comparing us to old Munster

Keith Earls knows the present situation at Munster could be better but he has also been around long enough to know the province has been in worse jams than this and with less cause for optimism.

The Ireland wing has also experienced better times with his hometown club but sees comparisons in the media with not just the 2008 Heineken Cup-winning team of which he was a part, but also the current Leinster set-up burning the house down in both Europe and the Guinness PRO14, and wonders if they are fair yardsticks.