The David Corkery column: Munster got the job done but could still be caught

In games of this nature, the first 20 minutes are spent pulling and dragging, with both sides looking for possible weaknesses to exploit. The forwards will look for the arm wrestles to see whose biceps are bigger and the backs will be determining if there are any scaredy-cats in the opposing defensive lines. Only then can you truly determine who has the upper hand. In this case, the sides were reasonably matched.

Saracens also couldn’t launch strong substitutions from the bench and so couldn’t squeeze the remaining life out of their challengers. It is not unusual for Mark McCall to have six or seven full-capped internationals to call upon, when fresh legs are required.
