Second Captains 08/10 - Leinster backline, new Munster, Roddy on Noel, hurling favouritism

Summary: In the build-up to this season's Heineken Cup Munster have answered a few questions, while Leinster struggle with injuries and new fitting in the new faces. Shane Horgan and Trevor Hogan look at what shape the Irish teams are in ahead of the opening weekend. Roddy Collins is back in the Airtricity Premier Division with Athlone Town, and has 40 years of friendship with Ireland interim manager Noel King to tell us about. After a summer of brilliant hurling, are the GAA about to leave themselves open to charges of elitism by saving Cork from relegation with one swipe of a committee’s pen? All this plus rugby nicknames, McDevitt's Sexton obsession, Gulliver memories and Cologne's drinking subculture.