Exploits in win over a South Africa XV earlier this month could trigger turnaround in URC form
“I suppose in terms of my aspirations, first of all it would have been to try to play football for Tipp and I probably spent until 14 or 15 trying to do it – but I was way off it! It was an aspiration anyway.”
Barron came through the Munster academy and made his senior debut in the PRO14 against Cardiff in September 2018, since when the hooker has since chalked up 40 appearances. But the match against South Africa, which he crowned with the third try in a 28-14 win in front of the biggest crowd to attend a rugby match in Munster, will always be special for Barron as his score came in front of 41,400 at the Blackrock end at Cork GAA’s headquarters.
But it will be back to basics for the hooker this weekend when Munster entertain Connacht hoping to avoid a fourth derby loss of the season. If the triumph over South Africa was rousing, Munster’s league form going into a block of ten matches is less inspiring, as they have managed just two wins from seven URC games so far.
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