Last weekend’s final round of Champions Cup pool action served to remind us that unless a team is emotionally invested in the outcome of the contest, chances are they can forget about winning.

Munster 32 Ulster 28: It isn’t often that a line-out steal proves the defining moment in a nine try Guinness Pro 12 thriller. But that was very much the case at Thomond Park last night when Rob Herring, the Ulster captain, threw into a line-out five metres from the Munster line in the 79th minute with his side needing a try to overcome a four point deficit.