O’Brien targeting run to Bilbao ahead of Exeter reunion

The Reds take on the Chiefs in a knockout clash on Saturday. 

Sean O'Brien at Munster training on Thursday. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Sean O’Brien credits Rob Baxter and Exeter Chiefs with rescuing his rugby career, and his former team-mates as some of his best friends yet the Munster back will return to Sandy Park this Saturday with a Challenge Cup victory at the top of his priority list.

As difficult as demotion from the Champions Cup to the second-tier European competition was to swallow for a club whose participation in the premier event is a keystone of its identity, there is a serious appetite within the squad and management to plot a course for the EPCR finals weekend in Bilbao on May 22-23, starting this Saturday in Exeter.