Munster must deliver now when need is greatest 

Lose to second-placed Glasgow and the fight is on just to make the play-offs and ensure Champions Cup rugby next season.

BIG ADDITION: Munster’s Gavin Coombes will likely feature having been in Ireland camp. Pic: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

Munster head into the final third of the URC regular season in familiar territory, with their backs to the clifftop and with very little headland left between them and the rocks beneath. 

Not ideal ground to be occupying but it means this Friday night’s visit to defending champions Glasgow Warriors has to be perfectly executed, according to interim head coach Ian Costello.