Munster May Be Forced To Travel By Boat To Scotland Over Weather Conditions
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The beast from the east.
Munster are preparing for all eventualities this week ahead of their PRO14 clash away to Edinburgh on Friday night.
The southern province may be forced to travel by ferry and bus, should the forecasted snowstorms due to his Ireland ground a possible flight to Scotland for the clash. Temperatures across the country are set to plummet over the next 48 hours in one of the coldest weeks in Ireland for three decades.
Speaking from Munster’s based in UL yesterday, head coach Johann van Grann says they are monitoring the situation in case alternative arrangements need to be made.
“At our meeting this morning in terms of a player group, we said whatever happens to the weather and we will take it in our stride.
“Even if we need to take a bus and a ferry to Edinburgh we will enjoy that as well. We will do our planning as best as we can, whatever happens happens.
“You know I love my planning, but in Ireland everything seems to be different. My first week in there was a hurricane a few months back.
“People said then ‘don’t worry, it doesn’t get worse than that.’ Then you get weeks like this.
“Niall (O’Donovan), our manager, have already looked at all possible scenarios. We are investigating it. Nobody knows exactly how it is going to pan out.”
