Munster Rugby paid the perfect tribute to their late head coach Anthony Foley when they delivered a bonus-point European Champions Cup victory over Glasgow on an afternoon of great poignancy at Thomond Park today.

Anthony Foley would be impressed.

Never mind the outcome, today’s Champions Cup clash between Saracens and Munster could be a red letter day for the province’s supporters regardless of whether their heroes win or lose, writes Simon Lewis.

Aer Lingus has brought forward the start of its summer schedule to Marseilles to accommodate Munster fans travelling for the Heineken Cup semi-final.

Munster rugby have been given an initial allocation of 12,000 tickets for the Heineken Cup semi-final against reigning champions Toulon on Sunday April 27.

He may be the only one of Ireland’s legendary three O’s who won’t play in Twickenham tomorrow, but last night Ronan O’Gara was rugby’s undisputed lord of London.

Munster’s players can expect a hostile reception when they take the field at Stade de la Mosson this weekend.

Munster will have to take the long route in their bid for European Cup glory again and the journey to a potential final for their rugby supporters is looking equally arduous, especially on their pockets.

MUNSTER’S season ticket sales have plummeted by 15% at a time when the other three provinces are reporting an increase in sales.

MUNSTER rugby players and supporters are organising a series of charity events to support a colleague and friend diagnosed with motor neurone disease last year and to research into the debilitating condition.

MUNSTER Rugby, one of the country’s blue chip sporting brands, is the latest organisation to incentivise ticket pricing in a bid to shore up paying supporters.

A CORK-based ferry company has rejected claims it is “gouging” Munster rugby supporters by hiking its fares for the province’s Heineken Cup clash with Ospreys in Swansea next month.

MUNSTER and Leinster have commenced their ticket sales for next month’s glamour Heineken Cup ties.

RYANAIR have announced a series of flights ahead of Munster’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Biarritz on May 2, (Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastian, 3.15pm, Irish time).

DESPITE the recession, up to 10,000 Munster supporters are expected to travel to San Sebastian in northern Spain for the Heineken Cup semi-final clash with French side Biarritz Olympique.

TONY McGAHAN’S Munster will host Australia in another November night to remember later this year.

THE Munster Rugby Supporters Club expects to double its young fan support base inside a month after reopening junior membership.

THE death has occurred, after a short illness, of one of Munster’s best known and loved sports supporters, Declan O’Connell from Charleville, Co Cork.

LEINSTER rugby supporters are turning blue in the face trying to come up with strategies to cope with red-eye effect.

THOSE hoping to get their hands on tickets for the Heineken Cup final on Saturday week were given positive news yesterday when a spokesman for the official Munster Rugby Supporters Club predicted the ticket-rush will calm down closer to match-day.

On the brink of sealing a memorable season for the Red Army, Munster stars, new and more familiar, line out to compete for a prestigious award, four players have been short-listed for the prestigious Munster Player of the Year Award to take place in May, writes Edward Newman.

LIMERICK’S band of Munster followers will follow the advice of a certain French lady on Friday as they build up nourishment reserves for the clash with Biarritz.

MANY of the 30,000 Munster rugby fans intending to travel to Cardiff for the Heineken Cup final against Biarritz are having to scrum for tickets, flights, ferries and accommodation.

MANY of the 30,000 Munster rugby fans intending to travel to Cardiff for the Heineken Cup final against Biarritz are having to scrum for tickets, flights, ferries and accommodation.

MUNSTER rugby supporters will be able to access Celtic League tickets and get priority for Heineken Cup play-off tickets, under a new scheme unveiled yesterday.

HUNDREDS of Munster rugby fans heading to Italy for the Treviso game later this month may have to make alternative travel plans after claims that their tour operator has been conducting business illegally.