'We have had tough times' - Barron keeping perspective after dramatic week 

The Reds are preparing to host an All Blacks XV days after Graham Rowntree's shock exit. 

BACK TO BUSINESS: Diarmuid Barron is preparing to face the tourists on Saturday. Pic: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

When he was told to jump on a Teams call with the entire Munster squad on Tuesday, Diarmuid Barron feared the worst.

The Munster family have endured their fair share of loss in recent years, most recently with the sudden deaths of Tom Tierney and Greig Oliver and the hooker was bracing himself for what might be coming when chief executive Ian Flanagan began to address the players.