Denis Leamy: 'Every game we have played has almost been a cup final mentality'

Munster will be looking to claim silverware for the first time since they won this competition under a former guise back in 2011.

EYES ON THE PRIZE: Attack Coach Mike Prendergast with Head Coach Graham Rowntree and Defence Coach Denis Leamy

Just days on from that epic Champions Cup final and the theories abounding around Leinster’s loss to La Rochelle already number the familiar claim that the province simply wasn’t battle-hardened for a contest of that intensity.

That’s for another day now. Another season. What’s obvious as Munster face into their URC decider away to the Stormers this Saturday is that Graham Rowntree’s men will be able to lean on a schedule that has been equal parts brutal and beneficial.