Hodnett hoping to make it a memorable homecoming

John Hodnett is relishing a return to Musgrave Park on Friday night

A lot has changed in the world since John Hodnett crowned his Munster debut with a try in a man-of-the-match display in the province's record 68-3 win over the Southern Kings at Musgrave Park just over two years ago.

Within weeks the country was gripped by the Covid pandemic and six months later the rapidly ascending career of the latest protégé to come off the West Cork brigade ground to a halt when Hodnett suffered an Achilles injury which sidelined him for a year.