Tommy O'Donnell: 'I’d miss the craic in the changing room, that kind of stuff but the physicality and the training elements, no. Not yet, anyway.'

Former Munster and Ireland star Tommy O'Donnell Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

The last time Exeter Chiefs came to Thomond Park, Tommy O’Donnell just about kept his shoulder in one piece to reach the interval before he was forced to call it a day. This afternoon, the former Munster and Ireland back-row should be in good enough shape to take centre stage at the interval.

“I tried to tackle Jonny Hill, so I learnt that lesson,” O’Donnell joked of his premature end to that January 2019 pool game, which Munster edged 9-7 to progress to the quarter-finals.