Munster 'completely different' to 18 months ago, says Lancaster

'I look at the teams the other provinces select and every time I am thinking that we need to be at our best to win this game,' said the Leinster senior coach ahead of the St Stephen’s Day meeting with Munster.

Wed, 21 Dec, 2022 - 06:03

Brendan O'Brien

Another round of Christmas interpros, same circumstances. Leinster will turn into the festive season with an unbeaten run of eleven games so far this term. Ulster, Munster and Connacht have all reached this point having bobbed and weaved on the tide of changing fortunes.

It may be that an improving Munster have their number in Thomond Park next Monday but the broader picture does little to suggest that there is any hint of a changing of the guard among the four provinces, not least with the boys in blue having won four derbies in the last three months alone.