Return of Diarmuid Barron a timely boost for Munster

IN LATE DECEMBER, Diarmuid Barron thought his season was over. The Munster hooker injured his foot in the St Stephen’s Day defeat to Leinster and the early prognosis wasn’t good. Surgery was required, and the prospect of playing again this season appeared optimistic at best.

Barron has captained Munster a number of times this season. Ben Brady / INPHO Ben Brady / INPHO / INPHO Advertisement “You’ve got to be real with yourself as well. If you are getting pain in it you have to pull back. There was no messing around with it. A try-scorer when Munster beat the Stormers in last year’s URC final, Barron reveals one of the squad’s biggest motivating factors this season is the opportunity to win as a group on home soil, with last year’s decider played 14,000km away in Cape Town.

“Playing the games here has definitely made life a little bit easier for those lads and it could make it tougher in ways, you’re more attached to it where if it’s happened down the other side of the world you can take a step back I suppose. But it’s nice to meet up with the lads after that match and be straight back in on Monday and train with everyone again.”

Old foes Glasgow will be no pushover on Saturday, but with that home final on the cards Munster are feeling good about their prospects of going back-to-back.

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