HE calls Munster’s 2006 Heineken Cup win “a fairytale”, and looking back now he clearly understands why. Out of Africa and into the Munster maelstrom of another emotional European odyssey, Trevor Halstead was a shining light throughout the 2005/06 Heineken Cup winning campaign.

WITH four Lions in his squad, Sale coach Kingsley Jones is confident the Sharks will end Connacht’s European Challenge Cup odyssey on Sunday - but not as confident as he would have been had Michael Bradley’s side not grabbed a lifeline with a late try in their semi-final first leg.