“Haven't had the full diagnosis but he's a bit of an Energizer bunny, so he's showing good form in there at the moment, but we'll get a scan. We'll have a good look and see what the impact as well.”Regarding Patterson, the Munster head coach added: “Yeah, he took a bang in the warm-up, you know, just ran into one of our big forwards. You don't bring anyone if they're don't have the capacity to play, so, so he was there. “It was just precautionary, that we just give him another week of contact training. That's what the bench is for, to have an impact and their profile helped us, and we got a number of other things right through that period of the game that's helped them inject themselves into the game.”

Source: Irish Examiner January 12, 2026 05:30 UTC