Huge game for both teams - but Munster have a safety net and Ulster don't
Munster host Ulster tonight in the Rainbow Cup.
By Garry Doyle
Friday 7 May 2021, 6:20 AM
May 7th 2021, 6:20 AM
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Iain Henderson reflects on Ulster's loss.
Image: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO
Image: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO
IT WAS THE most sobering weekend Ireland has known since Leo Varadkar announced last March that he was going to close the pubs. Hearing the off licenses were staying open hardly improved the national mood.
That’s the kind of scenario Ireland’s provinces are in now. The party they want to attend has a limited number of invites; so instead of walking along Europe’s red carpet, they’re here, playing in the Rainbow Cup, rugby’s equivalent of another night in, watching Netflix, with a remote control in one hand, glass of wine in the other.