‘I stood in that circle 10 years ago’: Jack O’Donoghue on an emotional night for Munster

For Jack O’Donoghue – the one Munster player who was both in the squad due to face Racing 92 a decade and a day ago in Paris as well as the matchday 23 against the same opponents in Cork – paying homage to his former coach made for a particularly emotional night and, indeed, week.

His overriding emotion was “a lot of pride” after Munster’s 33-25 win over Racing 92 in Páirc Uí Chaoimh: “I’m really proud of the performance that we put in to get the result. It was a tough, tough week, with the emotions, to try to keep them down and to focus on your job and to put down a performance like we did.