There wasn't a better tighthead prop in the URC play-offs than Stephen Archer. He got great reward for his staying power:
THERE WASN’T A better tighthead prop in the URC play-offs than Stephen Archer. The 35-year-old was powerful, hard-working, skillful, and accurate. In the final last weekend, he was more prominent than opposite number and World Cup winner Frans Malherbe.
Conor Murray was the starting scrum-half in that 2011 game. He had just turned 22 and was enjoying a remarkable breakthrough run that would end with him starting for Ireland at that year’s World Cup. O’Mahony was soaked in sweat, clearly exhausted, and staring vacantly through everyone in the media room.He seemed broken, but O’Mahony kept coming back for more. There were to be further semi-final failures. There were near misses in knock-out games and there were also a few dire days like last season’s meek URC quarter-final exit away to Ulster.
Having regathered himself after John Hodnett’s comical curse, O’Mahony’s emotion was clear as he did his post-match TV interview. He stayed the course with Munster and finally has his first trophy as the province’s captain. 2011 might not have felt like his, but this one is.
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