Munster Covid chaos 'might be a blessing in disguise', suggests Stephen Larkham

Munster Senior Coach Stephen Larkham. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Stephen Larkham is hoping Munster’s pre-Christmas Covid-19 outbreak may turn out to be a blessing in disguise ahead of an important block of games in the coming weeks.

Munster travel to Connacht this Saturday for a New Year’s Day inter-provincial derby that will represent the southern province’s first United Rugby Championship game since October 23. The intervening 10 weeks have been a rollercoaster ride for the men in red, a Test window that saw some of them help Ireland topple New Zealand followed by an ill-fated trip to South Africa that saw two URC games postponed and 14 members of the 48-person touring party test positive for Covid.