Ronan O’Gara confident Munster can put it up to ‘the best team in Europe’

The Ireland legend believes his old province now have an underappreciated attacking threat

O’Gara views Munster v Leinster as ‘the biggest game in Irish rugby’ and says Saturday’s clash ‘means rugby is certainly back with a bang’. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Munster may be underdogs when the Guinness PRO14 season resumes against league kingpins Leinster on Saturday but Ronan O’Gara believes his old side can go toe-to-toe with anybody, including the team he believes are the best in Europe.

Defending PRO14 champions and runaway leaders at the top of Conference B, Leinster spent lockdown knowing they had already secured a home semi-final.