James Tracy: 'You want to play in the hardest places against the toughest opposition'

This time last year he was part of a rugged defensive action that ground out a 13-6 win over Munster

James Tracy of Leinster during the Guinness PRO14 match against Munster on St Stephen's Day last year. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

James Tracy has faced Munster five times in Thomond Park and the memories seem to have melded into some indistinguishable pool like steel in a furnace.

He has won three times in Limerick and lost twice. Two years ago he was part of a Leinster side that fell to their hosts in a bad-tempered game that saw the visitors lose Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong to the sinbin and James Lowe to a yellow card for an ill-timed aerial challenge.