Murphy’s plan has some holes

ULSTER’S quartet of under-used Ireland forwards – Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Tom O’Toole and Cameron Izuchukwu – returned from Test duty itching for the ultimate Champions Cup challenge: the holders in Toulouse. Mysteriously, all four started on the bench and by the time they were summoned from it, the match had been hopelessly lost. Coach Richie Murphy responded to their collective initial absence by assuring the doubters that ‘we have a plan’. Exactly what it was disappeared after the 99 seconds it took the champions to score the first of n...

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