Move over Dean Richards, Harlequins, and ‘Bloodgate’, there is an even bigger bad news story to overtake you in the annals of English club rugby history, writes Rob Cole.

The sound of Irishmen baying for blood isn’t going to bother Saracens in the slightest this weekend.

They made the Heineken European Cup semi-final draw in the Sugar Club in Dublin last night but there was little sweetness in the air when Munster were drawn last from the hat and handed just the match they didn't want — a meeting on French soil on the weekend of April 21-22 with star-studded Stade Francais.