Will Collier: 'We have a big history with Munster and, yes, it will be difficult, but I think we have the belief'

“There’s a lot riding on this game, for us and them,” he said of Saturday’s early evening match. “We’ve prepared like it’s a finals match.” 

FIRST TIME TO THOMOND: Castres’ experienced international tighthead Will Collier is set to play at Thomond Park for the first time in his 15-year career, with the French side staring down the barrel of a win-or-Champions-Cup-bust final pool outing against Munster. Picture: ©INPHO/Juan Gasparini

Castres’ experienced international tighthead Will Collier is set to play at Thomond Park for the first time in his 15-year career, with the French side staring down the barrel of a win-or-Champions-Cup-bust final pool outing against Munster.

Prior to last night’s match between Bath and Edinburgh, no Pool 2 team had qualified for the knockout phase of this season’s competition, but the Top 14 outfit are very much the outsiders to reach the round of 16. With one win in three outings so far, a 33-0 bonus-point victory over Edinburgh at Stade Pierre Fabre in December, they sit bottom of the Pool on five points. Munster, two places better off, in fourth, have six, and a much stronger grip on a round of 15 place.