Fourth time lucky? Munster looking for Final say in South Africa

The final week of the Irish provincial season. A few months ago, who would have thought Munster would be the last of the four Irish still standing?

It's been a remarkable few months for Graham Rowntree's side, who have overcome a disastrous start to the campaign - as well as a late-season wobble - to book their place in the Grand Final of the BKT United Rugby Championship on Saturday.

Having lost five of their first seven games, expectations for the debut season of this coaching ticket were quickly revised, and while they sparked into life as winter hit, it looked like a pair of heavy defeats to Glasgow and Sharks would pour cold water over any late-season run.

But in true Munster fashion, they've produced their best when backed into a corner. A win and a draw in South Africa in the final rounds of the URC saw them clinch fifth place and a Champions Cup spot, before they inflicted a first home defeat of the season on both Glasgow and Leinster in the playoffs to return to the final, and leave themselves one win away from winning a first trophy in 12 years.

'Nobody believes in us' has long been of sport's greatest motivators, and Munster are milking every last drop out of it, and rightly so.

The deck has been stacked against them for a couple of months now; their last home game was way back on 25 March, and Saturday's decider against the Stormers in Cape Town will be their third trip down to South Africa in less than two months. After the season they've had, you get the feeling they'd hop on a flight to Jupiter if it meant a crack at silverware.

When Munster held off Leinster to win the Celtic League decider back in 2011, we didn't think we'd be waiting more than decade to see them lift their next trophy, but the last 12 years