Leamy: Plenty of winners in Munster dressing room

Munster may not have lifted any silverware for 12 years but Denis Leamy says there are plenty of winners in the dressing room to guide the young guns as many face into a final for the first time.

DHL Stormers, the defending champions, host Munster on Saturday in the BKT United Rugby Championship final in Cape Town where there are expected to be around 2,000 travelling supporters in the 55,000 sell-out crowd.

Head coach Graham Rowntree won multiple Premiership titles with Leicester and three Five/Six Nations titles with England, while defence coach Leamy was part of Ireland's Grand Slam-winning outfit in 2009 and won the Heineken Cup in 2006 and 2008 with Munster.

Ireland players Peter O'Mahony, Keith Earls and Conor Murray have been central to Ireland success over the last number of seasons, while RG Snyman and Malakai Fekitoa boast World Cup winners medals with South Africa (2019) and New Zealand (2015), respectively.

Asked about how the younger players might deal with the nerves of playing in such a hostile environment, Leamy said: "I think it's very important that the group around them are good with them.

"How we message and how we stand in front of the group.

"We're very lucky in terms of having a lot of experience in the room in terms of winning silverware.

"I mentioned Pete earlier, he's won a lot with Ireland, Conor's won a lot with Ireland, you look at the World Cup winners, RG Snyman, Malakai Fekitoa, so there are people.

"You even take it back to someone like Graham Rowntree, who has won so much himself so I think it is important that we control that environment a bit and use the experiences of the guys who have played in big finals.

"Our day-to-day has, I believe, set them up for this final. We don't big up any game.